Tournai

Tournai (, in Dutch Doornik, in Latin: Tornacum) is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut.

Along with Tongeren, Tournai is the oldest city in Belgium and it has played an important role in the country's cultural history.

Read more about Tournai:  Geography, History, Main Sights, People Born in Tournai

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Tournai Railway Station
... The railway station of Tournai, in Belgium, is situated on line 94 ... IC D Liers - Herstal IC H Schaerbeek - Mouscron IR k Tournai - Charleroi Coordinates 50°36′47″N 3°23′48″E / 50.613°N 3.3966°E / 50.613 3.3966 ...
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Tournai - History
... Piat evangelized Tournai some writers represent him as the first bishop, but this cannot be proved ... Vaast (Vedastus), and erected the See of Tournai (c ... It was probably its character of royal city which secured for Tournai this premature creation, but it soon lost its rank of capital by the departure of the Merovingian court ...
List Of Christian Religious Houses In Belgium - T
... Tongeren Abbey (Abdij van Tongeren) at Tongeren (Limburg) Benedictine monks Tournai Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Martin de Tournai) at Tournai (Hainaut) Benedictine monks ...
Reliquary Shrine Of Saint Eleutherius
... gilt-copper and enamel Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius in the cathedral of Tournai (Belgium), one of the masterpieces of Gothic metalwork, was ... The shrine was made in Tournai or its immediate vicinity, once part of a prolific production that is now all but lost it has been attributed to the workshop ... It is conserved in the Treasury of the cathedral of Tournai, housed in the former chapterhouse ...