The BorinageThe Borinage is a historical area in Hainaut province located in Belgium. It is situated not far from Hainaut's capital Mons and Franco-Belgian border. It is most famous for its coalmining industry flourished here in earlier times. Last mines were closed here in 1960s and since that time...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>. It is situated not far from Hainaut's capital Mons and Franco-Belgian border. It is most famous for its coalmining industry flourished here in earlier times. Last mines were closed here in 1960s and since that time the BorinageThe Borinage is a historical area in Hainaut province located in Belgium. It is situated not far from Hainaut's capital Mons and Franco-Belgian border. It is most famous for its coalmining industry flourished here in earlier times. Last mines were closed here in 1960s and since that time...
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      Another source of the area's fame is connected with the name of Vincent van Gogh. He spent here several years at the end of 1870s preaching to miners. And it was here that he made a decision to become an artist. And it was supposedly here that van Gogh got his inspiration for his early masterpiece "The Potato Eaters" (1885).