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This is a timeline of Belgian history, ... porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots. ... in Tournai. 19th century. Year Date Event 1801: 9 February:
JIESIA porcelain; the main manufacturer in the post-soviet region and the only bone china company in the Baltic States. 1941. Figgjo porcelain. Sandnes. Norway. Figgjo is a trend-setting porcelain manufacturer for the professional kitchen (see www.figgjo.com) 1955. JEMA KERAMISCH ATELIER N.V. Maastricht.
History. 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 It was fortified under Emperor Maximian in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.
Tournai was the site of a dramatic liberation during World War I, in 1918. The German Sixth Army moved its headquarters from Lille to Tournai in September 1918, destroying bridges and setting up a lookout point at Tournai's famous belltower. Many of its residents evacuated. Following British shelling that fall, British troops retook Tournai. [3]
Pasquier Grenier (fl. 1447–1493) was a Flemish tapestry and wine merchant working in Tournai, and the greater region under the control of the Dukes of Burgundy. [1] [2] Once believed to be a master tapestry weaver, archival documents reveal that he was actually one of the most prominent tapestry dealers of the fifteenth-century in Western Europe, working with tapestry workshops in cities ...
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 roads, [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 ...
Convent of the Poor Clares, a former "Clos des Récollets": facades, roofs and cladding of the wing of the building and the sidewalk along the facade to the quays and the creation of a protection zone (nl) (fr) Tournai. quai Taille-Pierres n°s 27-27b. 50°36′08″N 3°23′55″E / .
Tournai Cathedral. The Cathedral of Our Lady (French: Notre-Dame de Tournai; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia major heritage site since 1936 [5] and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.