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The SAAQ also administers Quebec's driver's licenses and vehicle licence plates (analogous to the DMVs of many U.S. States), and seeks to prevent road accidents, particularly through advertising campaigns in the media and in schools.
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.
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.
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.
Siege of Tournai (1340) / 50.60556°N 3.38806°E / 50.60556; 3.38806. The siege of Tournai (23 July - 25 September 1340) occurred during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. The siege began when a coalition of England, Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant and the Holy Roman Empire under the command of King Edward III of England besieged ...
The Diocese of Tournai ( Latin: Dioecesis Tornacensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was formed in 1146, upon the dissolution of the Diocese of Noyon and Tournai, which had existed since the 7th century. [1] It is now suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the ...
Henry attended mass in Tournai Cathedral on 2 October and knighted many of his captains. The town presented Margaret of Austria with a set of tapestries woven with scenes from the Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan. Tournai remained in English hands, with William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy as Governor. The fortifications and a new ...
English: Tournai — Fondation house, located at rue de Marvis n°43 This house is part of an important architectural ensemble (Nos. 43 to 53), dating back to the second half of the 17th century. Typical of the Tournai style (mixing stone and bricks), these buildings line up eighteen bays alternating three stocky volumes and three annexes.