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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.
Physical appearance. The biometric passport is a 30-page document on blue paper. The first page of the passport (the page after the cover page) bears, in capital letters and in three languages, Kirundi, French and English, the name of the country (REPUBLIKA Y'UBURUNDI; REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI; REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI) and the word "passport" (IGITABU C'INZIRA, PASSEPORT, PASSPORT).
A French passport (French: passeport français) is an identity document issued to French citizens.Besides enabling the bearer to travel internationally and serving as indication of French nationality (but not proof; the possession of a French passport only establishes the presumption of French nationality according to French law), the passport facilitates the process of securing assistance ...
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.
The siege of Tournai was a two-month siege of the city and citadel of Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The allied Pragmatic Army 's attempt to relieve the siege resulted in the decisive French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May. The largely Dutch garrison of the city ...
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 ...
Guibert was born near Tournai around 1200. He attended the University of Paris where he became a master. In 1240, he joined the Franciscan order. A student and collaborator of Bonaventure, he held the Franciscan chair of theology between 1259 and 1261. Guibert was also connected to the court of Louis IX; he may even have accompanied Louis on ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said a Chinese national was arrested in an international operation on charges of creating and using malware that was used in ...