Tour Henri VIII

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The Henry VIII Tower, also called 'Grosse Tour' or 'Tour des Anglais', is the only visible remains of the citadel that this monarch built between 1515 and 1518 .

This "castle", as the Tournaisians call it because it perpetuates the location of the residence of the Flemish lords of Tournai, was built to control the city that fell under English rule in 1513. The new fortifications cover a total area of approximately 15 hectares including the Sint-Niklaas Church, the Sint-André …Read more

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