Tournai: he hopena pule o ka hoʻomaha a me ka ʻike ma Belgium

Tournai: he hopena pule o ka hoʻomaha a me ka ʻike ma Belgium

Aia ma Belgium, ʻo Tournai kahi kūlanakauhale piha i ka nani e hāʻawi ana i nā hana he nui no ka hopena pule o ka hoʻomaha a me ka ʻike. Inā he moʻolelo ʻoe, moʻomeheu a i ʻole ke aloha kūlohelohe, e hoʻowalewale ʻo Tournai iā ʻoe me kāna hoʻoilina ʻokoʻa a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani.

ʻO ka huakaʻi mua i Tournai ʻo ia ka Notre-Dame Cathedral kaulana. Hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo UNESCO World Heritage Site, ʻo kēia hale pule Gothic kahi hana hoʻolālā maoli. Mai poina e mahalo i kona mau hale kiaʻi bele ʻelima, ʻo ia nā hōʻailona hōʻailona o ke kūlanakauhale. I loko, e kahaha ʻoe i nā puka aniani ʻili nani a me nā kiʻi kikoʻī. ʻIke ʻia ka hale pule no ka hale o Tournai Treasure kaulana, kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā mea hoʻomana mai ka Middle Ages.

Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka hale pule, e hele wāwae i nā alanui nani o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko. E hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia ʻoe e ka medieval architecture a me nā hale hapalua lāʻau e laina ana i nā alanui cobbled. Mai poina i ka Grand-Place, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke mahalo i ke keʻena o ke kaona, kahi hale nani mai ka 17th century. E hoʻohana i ka manawa kūpono e kū ai ma kekahi o nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻaina he nui ma ke kahua, kahi e ʻono ai ʻoe i nā mea kūikawā kūloko, e like me nā waffles a i ʻole mussels a me nā fries.

Inā he mea aloha ʻoe, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Tournai. Aia kēia hale hōʻikeʻike i kahi hōʻiliʻili hoihoi o nā hana noʻeau, mai ka 15th century Flemish kiʻi kiʻi a hiki i ke kiʻi o kēia wā. Ma laila hiki iā ʻoe ke mahalo i nā kiʻi pena a nā haku nui e like me Rubens, Van Dyck a me Bruegel.

Ma hope o kaʻimiʻana i ke kūlanakauhale, e hoʻolālā i ka manawa e hoʻomaha a hauʻoli i keʻano a puni. Hoʻopuni ʻia ʻo Tournai e nā ʻāina nani, kūpono no ka hele wāwae i ke ʻano. ʻO ka pāka ʻo Jardin de la Reine kahi wahi kūpono e hoʻomaha ai a hoʻopiha hou i kāu mau pila. Hiki iā ʻoe ke mahalo i nā māla Farani, nā loko a me nā ʻano lāʻau like ʻole a me nā mea kanu. Inā makemake ʻoe i ke kaʻa kaʻa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kekahi o nā ala pōʻai he nui e hele i ka ʻāina.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa, mai haʻalele i ka kipa ʻana i ka belfry Tournai. Hāʻawi kēia hale hōʻailona o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic o Tournai a me kona puni. Mai hoʻokaʻulua e piʻi i nā ʻanuʻu 257 e hauʻoli i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani. Hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala o ke kūlanakauhale mai nā hōʻikeʻike i loko o ka Belfry.

I ka hopena, he hopena poina ʻole ka hopena pule ma Tournai. Inā he moʻolelo ʻoe, moʻomeheu a i ʻole ke aloha kūlohelohe, e hoʻowalewale kēia kūlanakauhale Belgian iā ʻoe me kāna hoʻoilina kūʻokoʻa a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani. No laila, mai kali hou, e hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi hele i Tournai a e hoʻonanea iā ʻoe iho e kēia wahi kūʻokoʻa.