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English: Tournai is a city in Belgium, province Hainaut.
It is on one of the pilgrimage roads to Santiago de Compostella.
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The Notre-Dame (Our Lady) cathedral (XIIth century).
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The oldest belfry of Belgium.
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The St. Brice church (XIII/XIVth century).
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The St. Jacques church (XIIIth century).
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Part of the old St. Martin abbey cloister
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The St. Nicholas church (XII/XVth centuries).
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The old St. Margaret abbey church (tower of the XIIIth century).
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The St. Mary Magdalene church (XIII/XIVth century).
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The St. Quentin church (XII/XIIIth centuries).
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The Croisiers chapel (XIIIth century).
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The oldest belfry of Belgium.
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Romanesque houses (1175-1200).
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One of the Marvis and St. Jean Towers (Second surrounding wall - XIIIth century).
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Tthe "Pont des Trous" bridge on the Escaut river with Our Lady's cathedral as aim vision.
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The Henri VIII tower also called sometimes «Grosse Tour » (XVIth century).
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The Cloth Hall (1610).
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The episcopalian seminary (1640).
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The old Abbot palace of the St. Martin abbey (1763) actual City hall.
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The old Abbot palace of the St. Martin abbey (1763) actual City hall.
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Saint Jacob shell near kathedral Tournai; indicating the way to go to Santiago de Compostella (Spain)