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Mother. Ada of Tournai. Nicholas d 'Oisy, Lord of Avesnes, nicknamed le Beau ("the Beautiful") ( c. 1130 – c. 1170 ), was a son of Walter I, Lord of Avesnes and his wife, Ada of Tournai. He was Lord of Avesnes, Leuze and Condé. He built castles in Landrechies and Condé. Nicholas was married to Matilda de la Roche, the widow of Thierry de ...
A French-speaking Walloon town[edit] Grand-Place of Tournai. Tournai is a French-speaking town of Belgium. The local language is tournaisien, a Picard dialect similar to that of other municipalities of Hainaut and Northern France. Tournai also belongs to Romance Flanders, like Lille, Douai, Tourcoing, and Mouscron.
Tournan-en-Brie. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Tournan-en-Brie ( French pronunciation: [tuʁnɑ̃ ɑ̃ bʁi] ⓘ, literally Tournan in Brie ), or simply Tournan, is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north ...
The Grand-Place ( French: [ɡʁɑ̃ plas]; "Grand Square" [a]) is the main square and the centre of activity of Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. The square has a triangular shape, owing it to the convergence of several ancient paths, [2] and it covers 7,500 m 2 (81,000 sq ft). As in many Belgian cities, there are a number of cafés and pubs on the ...
INSEE /Postal code. 21525 /21530. Elevation. 273–573 m (896–1,880 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. La Roche-en-Brenil ( French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ ɑ̃ bʁənil]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France .
Ensemble van de site Cheslé en de vallei van de Ourthe tussen Naboge en Nisramont. More images. Hérou site (meanders of the Ourthe): area of special value (nl) (fr) La Roche-en-Ardenne. 50°08′57″N 5°38′54″E / . 50.149259°N 5.648406°E.
The siege of Tournai was an event in the War of Devolution. A French army commanded by Louis XIV successfully besieged the town of Tournai , then part of the Spanish Netherlands . [1] The siege, which began on 21 June 1667, led to the surrender of the defenders loyal to the Spanish Empire less than five days later.
Coordinates: 50°36′24″N 03°23′06″E. Church of Saint Quentin, Tournai. The Church of Saint Quentin ( French: Église Saint-Quentin de Tournai) is a Roman catholic parish church in Tournai, Belgium. The largely Romanesque building is located on the main square of the town, the Grand-Place. Known to have existed since the 10th century ...