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  2. Tournai - Wikipedia

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    Tournai or Tournay ( / tʊərˈneɪ / toor-NAY; French: [tuʁnɛ] ⓘ; Dutch: Doornik [ˈdoːrnɪk] ⓘ; Picard: Tornai; Walloon: Tornè [tɔʀnɛ] ⓘ; Latin: Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt, [2] and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk ...

  3. Tournai Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    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 's major heritage since 1936 [5] and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.

  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. Grand-Place (Tournai) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius - Wikipedia

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    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 retranslation of relics of Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, traditionally the city's first bishop. The shrine takes the ...

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