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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 It was fortified under Emperor Maximian in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.
George Grard. George Grard (1901–1984) was a Belgian sculptor, known mostly for his representations of the female, in the manner of Pierre Renoir and Aristide Maillol, modelled in clay or plaster, and cast in bronze. Grard was born in Tournai to a family of modest means and entered the Académie de Tournai in 1915, but his real calling as a ...
Tournai Cathedral. 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 major heritage site since 1936 [5] and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.
Grand-Place. 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 ...
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, Belgium, is an art museum. At the beginning of the 20th century, Henri Van Cutsem, a Belgian art collector, offered his collection of art to the city of Tournai in 1905. The collection contained important works of important 19th century French painters like Manet, Monet, Seurat and others.
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.
Stenen kruis genaamd "Croix Notre-Dame". Ensemble of the castle of Beauregard, the park and tourist center consisting of the church, the lane of lime trees, an old water ponds and the surrounding areas (nl) (fr) Tournai. Froyennes. 50°37′10″N 3°21′12″E / . 50.619562°N 3.353450°E. / 50.619562; 3.353450.
Coordinates: 50°36′24″N 03°23′06″E. Church of Saint Quentin, Tournai. The Church of St. Quentin (French: Église Saint-Quentin) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Tournai, Belgium. The largely Romanesque building is located on the main square of the town, the Grand-Place. Known to have existed since the 10th century, the current ...