Mons is a Belgian city and municipality, and the capital of the province of Hainaut in the Walloon region.
Halle is a city and municipality of Belgium, in the district (arrondissement) Halle-Vilvoorde of the province Flemish Brabant. It is located on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates Flanders and Wallonia. Halle lies on the border between the Flemish plains to the North and the undulating Brabant lands to the South. The city also borders on the Pajottenland to the west. The official language of Halle is Dutch.
Soignies is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.
Tournai, known in Dutch as Doornik and historically as Dornick in English, is a Walloon municipality of Belgium, 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. In the province of Hainaut, Tournai is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, which had 2,155,161 residents in 2008.
Wavre is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, of which it is the capital.
Philippeville is a Walloon city and municipality located in Belgium in the province of Namur. The Philippeville municipality includes the old communes of Fagnolle, Franchimont, Jamagne, Jamiolle, Merlemont, Neuville, Omezée, Roly, Romedenne, Samart, Sart-en-Fagne, Sautour, Surice (Wallonia), Villers-en-Fagne, Villers-le-Gambon, and Vodecée.
Hirson is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Bavay is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The town was the seat of the former canton of Bavay.
Baudour is a village near the Belgian towns of Saint-Ghislain and Mons in the province of Hainaut. It is situated in the municipality of Saint-Ghislain.
Saint-Denis is a village near the Belgian town Mons in the province of Hainaut.
Villabrázaro is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 352.
Le Rœulx Castle, also known as the Château des Princes de Croÿ, or "castle of the Princes de Croÿ", is a castle in the town of Le Rœulx in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Sars-la-Bruyère Castle is a château-ferme, or fortified farmhouse, in Sars-la-Bruyère in the municipality of Frameries, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Solre-sur-Sambre Castle is a castle in Solre-sur-Sambre in the municipality of Erquelinnes, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Petit-Enghien is a town and section de commune in the municipality of Enghien in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. Petit-Enghien was its own municipality until January 1, 1977 when it was merged with Enghien as part of the fusion of municipalities in Belgium. At the time, the municipality also included the village of Marcq.
Leather wallpaper is a type of wallpaper used in various styles for wall covering. It is often referred to as wrought leather. It is often gilded, painted and decorated. With the advent of wallpaper use from about 1650-1750, leather was used to cover and decorate sections of walls in the habitations of wealthy persons. Leather is pliable and could be decorated in various ways.
Deux-Acren is a village in the Belgian province of Hainaut, and a sub-municipality of the Walloon town Lessines.
Trivières is a Belgian village and borough in the city of La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. It is located between Mons and Charleroi, about 35 miles (56 km) south of Brussels. It was a fully fledged municipality before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities. It is 731 hectares in size.
Théophile Marie Francois Lybaert or Theofiel Lybaert was a Belgian painter and sculptor. He commenced his career as a painter of genre and Orientalist scenes. He later painted subjects from the national and international history, military life and the bible. He was mainly known for his religious paintings executed in an archaic, Gothic style that reprised the 16th century models of Northern-European masters such as Hans Memling and Albrecht Dürer. These works earned him the appelation of 'modern Gothic' or 'contemporary Memling'. In a final period starting from the 1910s he developed towards an eclectic style incorporating Symbolism.
