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Tournaisis. The Tournaisis, or Tournai (Flemish: Doornik ), a territory in the Low Countries in present-day Belgium, is one of Europe's oldest town centres. [1] Located in the Wallonia region of Belgium on the Scheldt River (French: L'Escaut ), northwest of Mons, Tournai residents are primarily French-speaking.
Tournai Cathedral. / 50.6065500°N 3.3888583°E / 50.6065500; 3.3888583. 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 's major heritage ...
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.
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 It was fortified under Emperor Maximiam in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.
The Battle of Tournay or Battle of Tournai or Battle of Pont-à-Chin (22 May 1794) saw Republican French forces led by Jean-Charles Pichegru attack Coalition forces under Emperor Francis II and Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After a bitter all-day struggle, Coalition troops recaptured a few key positions including Pont-à-Chin, forcing ...
This is a list of hospitals in the French overseas department and region of French Guiana. The following hospitals are located in French Guiana: Andrée-Rosemon Hospital, Cayenne [1] (full service hospital) [2] Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock [3] Centre Hospitalier de Kourou, Kourou [4] Centre Hospitalier de l’Ouest ...
Farnese defeated the rebels in 1578 at the Battle of Gembloux, and he captured many rebel towns in the south: Maastricht (1579), Tournai (1581), Oudenaarde (1582), Dunkirk (1583), Bruges (1584), Ghent (1584), and Antwerp (1585). Reward letter of Philip II to the family of Balthasar Gerards, assassin of William the Silent, 1590
Chartreuse Notre Dame de la Rose (1384–1682; transferred to St. Julien) Chartreuse Saint Julien (1667–1791; leper hospital from before 1183; Benedictine monks from 1600; Carthusians from 1667) Pierre-Châtel Charterhouse ( Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Pierre-Châtel ), Virignin (Ain) (1384–1791) Le Pin, see La Sylve-Bénite.