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Mons (French: ⓘ; German and Dutch: Bergen, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrɣə(n)] ⓘ; Walloon and Picard: Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. The population grew quickly, trade flourished, and ...
Pages in category "Mons, Belgium" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Museum François Duesberg was opened on 21 September 1994 and is devoted to decorative arts from the period 1775 to 1825. [1] [2] The museum is located in Mons opposite the collegiate Saint Waltrude Church in the former buildings of the National Bank of Belgium.
The Ducasse de Mons, also commonly known as the Doudou, is a traditional folk festival held in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, on Trinity Sunday (57 days after Easter).The feast comprises two important parts: the procession, including the descent and the uprising of the Saint Waltrude's shrine, as well as the combat named Lumeçon between Saint George and a dragon.
Mons Memorial Museum (MMM) is a museum located in Mons, Hainaut Province in Belgium focusing on the history of the military history of the region in World War I and World War II. Formerly known as the Museum of Military History of Mons ( French : Musée d’Histoire militaire de Mons ), the museum was opened in 2015 in the year that Mons was a ...
The Maison Losseau is an Art Nouveau private house located in Mons, Belgium.Dating from the 18th century, it was renovated in Art Nouveau style in the early 1900s at the request of Léon Losseau by Paul Saintenoy.
Pages in category "Culture in Mons, Belgium" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... This page was last edited on 30 September 2024, at 06:19 ...
The Kingdom of Belgium accepted the convention on 24 July 1996, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Belgium has 16 sites inscribed on the list. The first sites to be added to the list were the Flemish Béguinages, the Grand-Place in Brussels and the lifts on the Canal du Centre, at the 22nd UNESCO session in 1998 ...