Tournai (English spelling)

Japanese: トゥールネ(英語表記)Tournai
Tournai (English spelling)
A city in the province of Hainau in southwest Belgium. Population 33,000 (1978). Located on the border with France, facing the River Scheldt. Carpet, leather and cement industries are located here. It was already a city in Roman times, and in the early Frankish period it was an important political centre as the home of the Merovingian dynasty. From the end of the 12th century it linked up with the French kings, developed into a commune and became an important medieval city. [Morimoto Yoshiki]
[art]
Notre-Dame Cathedral (12th-13th century) is the most magnificent building in Belgium and had a major influence on church architecture in the Scheldt basin.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ベルギー南西部,ヘーノー州の都市。人口3万3000(1978)。フランスとの国境に位置し,スヘルデ川に臨む。カーペット・皮革・セメント工業がある。ローマ期にはすでに都市であり,フランク初期にはメロビング家の故地として重要な政治的中心地であった。12世紀末からフランス王と結びついてコミューンを発展させ,重要な中世都市となる。【森本 芳樹】
[美術]
 ノートル・ダム大聖堂(12~13世紀)は,ベルギーで最も壮麗な建築で,スヘルデ川流域の教会堂建築に大きな影響を与えた。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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