| − | The '''Cathedral of Notre-Dame''' in [[Tournai]] was built in the first half of the 12th century. It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic style]]. The choir, rebuilt in the 13th century, is in the pure Gothic style.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1185</ref> | + | The '''Plantin-Moretus Museum''' is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in [[Antwerp]], one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is associated with the history of the invention and spread of typography. Its name refers to the greatest printer-publisher of the second half of the 16th century: Christophe Plantin (c. 1520–89). The monument is of outstanding [[Architecture|architectural]] value. It contains exhaustive evidence of the life and work of what was the most prolific printing and publishing house in Europe in the late 16th century. The building of the company, which remained in activity until 1867, contains a large collection of old printing equipment, an extensive library, invaluable archives and works of art, among them a [[painting]] by [[Rubens]].<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1185</ref> |