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  2. Tournai - Wikipedia

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    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 It was fortified under Emperor Maximiam in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.

  3. Siege of Tournai (1709) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Tournaisis - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Belfry of Tournai - Wikipedia

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    Belfry of Tournai. /  50.60556°N 3.38806°E  / 50.60556; 3.38806. The Belfry of Tournai ( French: Beffroi de Tournai) is a freestanding bell tower of medieval origin in Tournai, Belgium, 72 metres (236 ft) in height with a 256-step stairway. This landmark building is one of a set of Belfries of Belgium and France registered on the UNESCO ...

  6. Hainaut Province - Wikipedia

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    Hainaut has an area of 3,831 km 2 (1,479 sq mi) and as of January 2019 a population of 1,344,241. [8] Another notable city is Tournai (Dutch Doornik) on the Scheldt river, one of the oldest cities in Belgium and the first capital of the Frankish Empire . Hainaut province has a rolling landscape, except for the very southern part, the so-called ...

  7. Grand-Place (Tournai) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply ...

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    Objective. The department is responsible for the development of urban areas in the state and ensuring water supply to all the areas. [1] The department acts through urban local bodies such as municipal corporations, municipalities and town panchayats to enable the same. [1]

  9. Saint-Martin Abbey, Tournai - Wikipedia

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    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.

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