Editing Tournai (section)

==Main sights==
[[File:Tournai JPG05a.jpg|thumb|left|{{ill|Pont des Trous|fr}} bridge on the river [[Scheldt]] with [[Tournai Cathedral|Our Lady's Cathedral of Tournai]] in the distance]]

Tournai is considered to be one of the most important cultural sites in Belgium. The mixed [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]]- and [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]-style [[Tournai Cathedral|Cathedral of Our Lady]] and the city's [[Belfry of Tournai|Belfry]], considered the oldest in Belgium,<ref>{{cite web |title=Liste du Patrimoine Mondial: Proposition D'Inscription: Beffrois Flamands |website=World Heritage List
|url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/943bis.pdf |access-date=21 May 2015 |page=3 |language=fr |quote=Selon certaines sources, le beffroi de Tournai, considéré comme le plus ancien en Belgique (1187)}}</ref> have been designated by [[UNESCO]] as [[World Heritage Site]]s.<ref>{{cite web |website=World Heritage List |title=Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1009 |access-date=21 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=World Heritage List |title=Belfries of Belgium and France |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/943 |access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> Inside the cathedral, the ''Châsse de Notre-Dame flamande'', a beautifully ornate 12th-century [[reliquary]], gives witness to Tournai's wealth in the [[Middle Ages]].

Other places of interest are the 13th-century [[Scheldt]] bridge (Pont des Trous)<ref>{{cite web |website=Tournai Office du Tourisme |title=The " Pont des Trous" |url=http://www.visittournai.be/spip.php?page=details&id=ALD-02-000KAM&id_rubrique=8 |access-date=2015-05-21 |archive-date=2016-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826083153/http://www.visittournai.be/spip.php?page=details&id=ALD-02-000KAM&id_rubrique=8 }}</ref> and the main square ([[Grand-Place (Tournai)|Grand-Place]]), as well as several old city gates, historic warehouses, and a variety of museums. As in many Belgian cities, there are a number of cafés and pubs on the Grand-Place. In the middle of the square, there are a series of water fountains, while a circular staircase to the top of the Belfry can be climbed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Grand Place |url=https://en.visittournai.be/bon-vivant/grand-place-tournai/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Visittournai |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tournai, le plus vieux Beffroi de Belgique |url=https://www.visittournai.be/impressionnant/beffroi/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Visittournai |language=fr}}</ref>

On the Rue Barre-St-Brice are two of the oldest private houses in Europe, dating from between 1175 and 1200 and built in the Romanesque style,<ref>{{cite web |website=Tourisme Wallonie |title=Visite: Monument LES MAISONS ROMANES |url=http://www.belgique-tourisme.be/informations/attractions-touristiques-tournai-les-maisons-romanes/fr/V/24977.html |access-date=21 May 2015 |language=fr |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183350/http://www.belgique-tourisme.be/informations/attractions-touristiques-tournai-les-maisons-romanes/fr/V/24977.html }}</ref> while the Rue des Jésuites includes a Gothic house from the 13th century. There are also several buildings in the [[Art Nouveau]] style across the city.