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Picardy Wallonia ( French: Wallonie-Picarde; Picard: Walonnie picarte) or Western Hainaut ( French: Hainaut-Occidental; Picard: Hénau occhidintal) is the North-West part of the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, where the Picard language is used.
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise [y.njɔ̃ sɛ̃.ʒil.waz], commonly referred to as Union Saint-Gilloise and abbreviated to Union SG, USG or Union, is a Belgian professional football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s, it has been based at the Joseph Marien Stadium in the neighbouring municipality of Forest.
Tournai, known as Tornacum, was a place of minor importance in Roman times, a stopping place where the Roman road from Cologne on the Rhine to Boulogne on the coast crossed the river Scheldt. It was fortified under Emperor Maximiam in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.
Lambert Beauduin. Lambert Beauduin, OSB (August 5, 1873 – January 11, 1960) was a Belgian Benedictine monk who founded the monastery now known as Chevetogne Abbey in 1925.
Stenen kruis genaamd "Croix Notre-Dame". Ensemble of the castle of Beauregard, the park and tourist center consisting of the church, the lane of lime trees, an old water ponds and the surrounding areas (nl) (fr) Tournai. Froyennes. 50°37′10″N 3°21′12″E / . 50.619562°N 3.353450°E. / 50.619562; 3.353450.
R.F.C. Tournai. R.F.C. Tournai is a Belgian association football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne ( matricule n°26) and R.R.C. Tournaisien (n°36) in 2002. The club wears the matricule n°26 and plays in the Belgian Division 2, the fourth tier of Belgian football.
Siege of Tournai (1709) / 50.60556°N 3.38806°E / 50.60556; 3.38806. The siege of Tournai was a siege of the city of Tournai, then part of the Kingdom of France, between 28 June and 3 September 1709. [1] A Grand Alliance army under the British Duke of Marlborough successfully forced the surrender of the French garrison during the War ...
50°36′23″N3°23′11″E. 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 ...