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The Bibliothèque municipale de Douai, now known as Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore ( named after the Douai-born poet Marceline Desbordes-Valmore) is a library located in Douai, France. Founded in 1767, it was bombed on August 11, 1944. [1] The library reopened in 1955, in a new building designed by the architect Maurice Coasnes. [2]
Douai became the seat of the Parliament of Flanders . The local airfield at La Brayelle was very significant in the history of French aviation. It operated from 1907 to the mid-1950s. In 1909 it was the site of the world's first aeronautical meeting, [6] Douai was again caught up in hostilities in World War I.
It sits on the site of the former English College at Douai, a defunct Catholic seminary. The Institution Saint-Jean was created in 1854 during the installation of a diocesan college in the rue Saint-Jean in Douai. The Institution's buildings were used as a military hospital by the German army from 1914 to 1918. The Institution was bombed and ...
The University of Douai (French: Université de Douai; Dutch: Universiteit van Dowaai) was a historic university in Douai, France. With a medieval tradition of scholarly activity in the city, the university was established in 1559, and lectures began in 1562. It ceased operations from 1795 to 1808.
Douaisis Agglo (before 2019: Communauté d'agglomération du Douaisis) is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Douai. It is located in the Nord department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France. It was created in January 2014. Its seat is in Douai. [1] Its area is 235.7 km 2. Its ...
Au cirque, le peintre et le saltimbanque, shown at the Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai 9 April-18 July 2004. Commissariat Général : Françoise Baligand & Zéev Gourarier. Catalogue : Au cirque, le peintre et le saltimbanque, collectif, Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai - Somogy Éditions d'Art, Paris (2004). ISBN 2-85056-736-1.
The arrondissement of Douai (West Flemish: Dowaai) is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 64 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 244,710 (2021), and its area is 476.6 km 2 (184.0 sq mi).
Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix was born in Douai, [1] a commune in the Nord department in northern France, on 20 May 1856. He had no surviving siblings. He had no surviving siblings. His parents, with a family history of ironmongery , [ 2 ] were Alcide Delacroix, a French adventurer, and British Fanny Woollett.