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    Tournai or Tournay (/tʊərˈneɪ/ toor-NAY, French: [tuʁnɛ] ; Picard: Tornai; Walloon: Tornè [tɔʀnɛ] ; Dutch: Doornik [ˈdoːrnɪk] ) is a city and municipality...
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  • Tournai is a city in Wallonia, Belgium. Tournai may also refer to: Tournai (Chamber of Representatives constituency) 1831–1900 Tournai (Parliament of England...
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  • Odo of Tournai, also known as Odoardus or Odo of Orléans (1060–1113), was a Benedictine monk, scholar and bishop of Cambrai (from 1105/6). Odo was born...
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    Clovis I (redirect from Clovis of Tournai)
    attacked westwards from this area to take control of the Roman populations in Tournai, then southwards to Artois, and Cambrai, eventually controlling an area...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Guibert of Tournai (Latin: Guibertus or Gilbertus Tournacensis; c. 1200 – 1284) was a French Franciscan friar, known for his sermons and other writings...
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    The Arrondissement of Tournai (French: Arrondissement de Tournai; Dutch: Arrondissement Doornik) is a former arrondissement in the Walloon province of...
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    Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Platon, Piat, Piato) (died c. 286) was a Belgian saint. He was a native of Benevento, Italy, and is traditionally said...
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    were captured. After the fall of Thérouanne, Henry VIII besieged and took Tournai. Henry VIII joined the Holy League, as the League of Cambrai was also known...
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    a noble family from the 11th century Tournai, Belgium. The de le Vingne possessed the right of minting in Tournai as early as the year 1156. The earliest...
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    Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai is a metropolitan area in Europe around the transborder agglomeration of the French city of Lille, and the Belgian...
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    plas]; "Grand Square") is the main square and the centre of activity of Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. The square has a triangular shape, owing it to the convergence...
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  • Tournai in Wallonia, Belgium, has been sieged multiple times, including: Siege of Tournai (1197): The Count of Flanders and Hainault, Baldwin VI of Hainaut...
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  • Ludolf of Tournai or Letholdus was the first Christian knight over the walls of Jerusalem during the siege of Jerusalem of 1099, essentially ending the...
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    Seneffe and Thuin. Tournai: Antoing, Ath, Celles, Ellezelles, Frasnes, Lessines, Leuze, Péruwelz, Quevaucamps, Templeuve and Tournai (2 cantons). After...
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  • Herman of Tournai, Herman of Laon or Hériman of Tournai, (French Hériman, Latin Herimannus; 1095–1147), the third abbot of Saint Martin of Tournai, was a...
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    January 2024 a population of over 1.36 million. Another notable city is Tournai (Dutch Doornik) on the Scheldt river, one of the oldest cities in Belgium...
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    The Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron (French: Arrondissement de Tournai-Mouscron; Dutch: Arrondissement Doornik-Moeskroen) is one of the seven administrative...
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  • The Tournai Mass is a polyphonic setting of the mass from 14th-century France. It is preserved in a manuscript from the library of the Tournai Cathedral...
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    Dumortier (1 October 1910, in Comines, Belgium – 3 September 2004, in Tournai) was a Belgian pianist. He participated in the Concours Eugène Ysaÿe (future...
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    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. A Grand Alliance army...
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    Livre tournois (redirect from Tournai pound)
    The livre tournois (French pronunciation: [livʁ tuʁnwa]; lit. 'Tours pound'; abbreviation: ₶ or £) was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France...
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  • The Peace of Tournai (Vrede van Doornik in Dutch) was an agreement between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent signed on 18...
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    The Tournaisis, or Tournai (Flemish: Doornik), a territory in the Low Countries in present-day Belgium, is one of Europe's oldest town centres. Located...
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  • Namur Arts², Mons Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai École Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc Tournai, Tournai A single college is operated by the German-speaking...
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  • Simon of Tournai (c. 1130–1201) was a professor at the University of Paris in the late twelfth century. His date of birth is uncertain, but he was teaching...
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  • RFC Tournai is a Belgian association football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne...
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    Stephen of Tournai, (18 March 1128 - 11 September 1203), was a Canon regular of Sainte-Geneviève (Paris), and Roman Catholic canonist who became bishop...
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    Saint Eleutherius of Tournai (French: Eleuthère) (died c. 532) is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai. The Catholic Encyclopedia...
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