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The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, Belgium, is an art museum. At the beginning of the 20th century, Henri Van Cutsem, a Belgian art collector, offered his collection of art to the city of Tournai in 1905. The collection contained important works of important 19th century French painters like Manet, Monet, Seurat and others.
Occupation. Painter. Louis Gallait (9 or 10 May 1810 – 20 November 1887) was a Belgian painter. He lay at the basis of a revival of history painting in Belgium. He earned his reputation especially with the large painting of Charles V 's abdication. Gallait's works were esteemed because of their realism, faithfulness of the costumes and color ...
Saint-Martin Abbey, Tournai. Coordinates: 50°36′11″N 3°23′13″E. Preserved side of medieval pledge corridor. Side of the abbot's palace, now city hall. The Saint-Martin Abbey (French: abbaye Saint-Martin) in the historic center of Tournai, in the Wallonia region of Belgium is a former Benedictine abbey, dating back to the 7th century.
Piatus of Tournai. Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Platon, Piat, Piato) (died c. 286) was a Belgian saint. He was a native of Benevento, Italy, and is traditionally said to have been sent by the pope to evangelize the cities of Chartres and Tournai. Tradition also states that he was ordained by Dionysios the Areopagite.
Stephen of Tournai, (18 March 1128 - 11 September 1203), was a Canon regular of Sainte-Geneviève (Paris), and Roman Catholic canonist who became bishop of Tournai in 1192. Summa Decreti, 13th-century manuscript. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque des Annonciades, Fonds ancien, ms. 119.
Binche–Chimay–Binche. Binche–Chimay–Binche (also known as Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually between Binche and Chimay, in Wallonia, Belgium. The race is rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour . The race was originally held between Binche and Tournai as it was first organized in 1911 as ...
20 February; [1] 25 August (translation of relics) Saint Eleutherius of Tournai ( French: Eleuthère) (died c. 532) is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai. [2] The Catholic Encyclopedia writes that "historically there is very little known about St. Eleutherius, but he was without doubt the first Bishop of Tournai."
Life. Carton de Tournai was born in Tournai on 19 February 1878. He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and became a lawyer in his home town. He was elected to the Senate for the Tournai-Ath constituency in 1919, serving until 1925, and was then elected to the Chamber of Representatives from the same constituency, serving until 1936 ...