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► "Charleroi à l'heure australienne": Exhibition, 22 October-23 November 2008
On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day, the Council of the Mayor and aldermen of Charleroi has taken the initiative to rekindle an unknown aspect of its history: the staying in the Charleroi region of Australian troops at the end of 1918 until autumn 1919.
In that context, the Tourism Centre is pleased to present the exhibition "Charleroi à l'heure australienne" (Charleroi at Australian time).
This exhibition that aims at being both entertaining and didactic will give the visitors the opportunity to go back to that period of Charleroi’s history with reconstitutions, testimonies and rare documents about Charleroi at the time of the Great War. But most of all, it tells about the story of a friendship between two countries. For example, visitors will find out how civilians from Charleroi who could speak English were wearing on the chest a little white button so that they could be identified by the Australian troops.
The exhibition is presented at the Tourism Centre from 22 October until 23 November, every day between 9am and 6pm.
Information:
Maison du Tourisme du Pays de Charleroi
Place Charles II, 20 - 6000 Charleroi
T: +32(0)71 86 14 14
E: maison.tourisme@charleroi.be
www.paysdecharleroi.be