The municipality, however, attempted to get rid of the power of both the bishop and the king of France. Accordingly, the king suppressed the municipal administration in ; following the resistance of the town to the Flemish militias commanded by Jacob Van Artevelde in , the municipality was reestablished. The next year, the municipality was transferred all the civil rights on the town.
The set up of new taxes caused riots and the suppression of the municipality in The Constitution of 6 February set up a municipality led by the local aristocracy, but the democratic revolution of increased the power of the traders and craftsmen. Maintained by King Henry VIII during the English occupation of the town , the municipal administration was eventually suppressed by Emperor Charles V in after the incorporation of the town to the Spanish Low Countries, but Tournai and Tournaisis remained two distinct entities until the French Revolution.
The Treaties of Utrecht and Rastadt confirmed the incorporation of the town into the Austrian Netherlands. After the battle of Fontenoy, during the War of the Succession of Austria, Tournai became again French for a short period Tournai was severely damaged during the First World War and even more during the Second World War: the bombings of May killed or injured , destroyed 1, houses and damaged another 3, The historical wealth of Tournai is due to stone extraction and clothing trade.
Limestone used for building and to prepare lime was already extracted on the current site of the cathedral of Tournai in the beginning of the 1st century AD. Stone extraction and cutting faded away during the Frankish period but resumed in the 12thth centuries. Dumont called in "Tournaisian" the first level of the Carboniferous period It is 90 km from Tournai to Belgium.
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You can climb the steps to the top using the spiral stairs. It is open from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6. Some 12th century Romanesque stone houses have survived rue Barre Saint-Brice and are among the oldest burghers houses remaining in Western Europe. The Town Hall was built on the 11th-century Benedictine abbey of Saint-Martin in the early 19th century.
The 13th c. Romanesque crypt and part of the 14th c.
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