List of World Heritage Sites in Belgium
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There are 11 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Belgium, with a further 15 on the tentative list, currently under consideration.
World Heritage Sites
The table lists information about each World Heritage Site:
- Name; as listed by the World Heritage Committee
- Location; in one of the UK's constituent countries and overseas territories, with co-ordinates provided by UNESCO
- Period; time period of significance, typically of construction
- Criteria; the criteria the site was listed under by the World Heritage Committee
- Year; the year the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List
- Description; brief description of the site
Name | Image | Location | Date | Type (Criteria) | Year | Description |
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Belfries of Belgium and France | ![]() |
Belgium and Northern France | 11th-17th centuries | Cultural (ii, iv) | 1999, extended in 2005 | A total of 56 belfries are considerd as World Heritage. Among them are 33 Belgian belfries: Antwerp (Cathedral of Our Lady & Antwerp City Hall), Herentals, Lier, Mechelen (St. Rumbold's Cathedral & city hall), Bruges, Diksmuide, Kortrijk, Lo-Reninge, Menen, Nieuwpoort, Roeselare, Tielt, Veurne, Ypres, Aalst, Dendermonde, Eeklo, Ghent, Oudenaarde, Leuven, Tienen, Zoutleeuw, Sint-Truiden, Tongeren, Binche, Charleroi, Mons, Thuin, Tournai, Gembloux and Namur. The belfries are built in Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque and Renaissance styles. |
Flemish Béguinages | ![]() |
Flanders | 13th century | Cultural (ii, iii, iv) | 1998 | |
Historic Centre of Brugge | ![]() |
Bruges, West Flanders | 12th-19th century | Cultural (ii, iv, vi) | 2000 | |
La Grand-Place, Brussels | ![]() |
Brussels, Brussels | 1695-1699 | Cultural (ii, iv) | 1998 | |
Major Mining Sites of Wallonia | ![]() |
Wallonia | 19th-20th century | Cultural (ii, iv) | 2012 | |
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta | ![]() |
Brussels, Brussels | 19th-20th century | Cultural (i, ii, iv) | 2000 | |
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes | ![]() |
Mons, Hainaut | Neolithic | Cultural (i, iii, iv) | 2000 | |
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai | ![]() |
Tournai, Hainaut | 12th century | Cultural (ii, iv) | 2000 | |
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex | ![]() |
Antwerp, Antwerp | 16th-17th century | Cultural (ii, iii, iv, vi) | 2005 | |
Stoclet House | Woluwe-St-Pierre, Brussels | 1911 | Cultural (i, ii) | 2009 | The Stoclet Palace was a private mansion built by architect Josef Hoffmann between 1905 and 1911 in Brussels, Belgium, for banker and art lover Adolphe Stoclet.[1] It was one of the most refined and luxurious private houses of the twentieth century[2] and was lavishly decorated inside, including works by the artist Gustav Klimt. | |
The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx | ![]() |
Hainaut | 1888-1917 | Cultural (iii, iv) | 1998 |
Tentative list
The Tentative List is an inventory of important heritage and natural sites that a country is considering for inscription on the World Heritage List, thereby becoming World Heritage Sites. The Tentative List can be updated at any time, but inclusion on the list is a prerequisite to being considered for inscription within a five- to ten-year period.[3]
- Ghent historic town centre, Ghent
- Antwerp historic town centre, Antwerp
- Memorials of the Great War, Westhoek and surrounding area
- Historic University of Leuven, Leuven
- Galleries of Brussels, including the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, Brussels
- Buildings by Henry van de Velde
- Palais de Justice, Brussels
- Le plateau des Hautes-Fagnes, Liège
- Roman road from Bavay to Tongeren
- Thermal Springs of Spa, Spa
- Palace of the Princes Evêques de Liège, Liège
- Battlefield of Waterloo, Waterloo, Brussels
- Battle of Waterloo Cyclorama, Waterloo, Brussels
- The Mosane Citadels
- Hoge Kempen Industrial Landscape, Genk, Limburg
References
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(help) pp.44 - ^ Watkin, David (2005). A History of Western Architecture. London: Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 1-85669-459-3.
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