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The museum displays a notable collection of Tournai porcelain and books, as well as antiquities from Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, Judaism and the Christian Near East, [1] and the Far East. In 2012, the museum was expanded by a bequest of Pre-Columbian art from the collection of Yves and Yolande Boël.
The Warocqués probably also owned decorative art and a few sets of Tournai porcelain, but it was Raoul who brought together in his château the most complete collection of these objects. [5] Raoul Warocqué was also very interested in the history of his region, which is why a large part of his collection is devoted to the Gallo-Roman period in ...
Portrait of Piat-Joseph Sauvage (1786) by Louis-Désiré-Joseph Donvé. Piat Joseph Sauvage or Pieter Joseph Sauvage (19 January 1744 in Tournai – 11 June 1818 in Tournai) was a painter, sculptor, printmaker and academic lecturer from the Southern Netherlands. He was known for his decorative paintings of interiors, grisailles and miniatures ...
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 It was fortified under Emperor Maximian in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.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]
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.
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 ...
The Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius, 1247, in the Cathedral of Tournai. The great gilt -copper and enamel Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius in the cathedral of Tournai ( Belgium ), one of the masterpieces of Gothic metalwork, [1] was commissioned by Bishop Walter de Marvis of Tournai, and completed in 1247, [2] on the occasion of the ...