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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
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]

  1. Ghent historic town centre, Ghent
  2. Antwerp historic town centre, Antwerp
  3. Memorials of the Great War, Westhoek and surrounding area
  4. Historic University of Leuven, Leuven
  5. Galleries of Brussels, including the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, Brussels
  6. Buildings by Henry van de Velde
  7. Palais de Justice, Brussels
  8. Le plateau des Hautes-Fagnes, Liège
  9. Roman road from Bavay to Tongeren
  10. Thermal Springs of Spa, Spa
  11. Palace of the Princes Evêques de Liège, Liège
  12. Battlefield of Waterloo, Waterloo, Brussels
  13. Battle of Waterloo Cyclorama, Waterloo, Brussels
  14. The Mosane Citadels
  15. Hoge Kempen Industrial Landscape, Genk, Limburg

References

  1. ^ Sharp, Dennis (2002). Twentieth Century Architecture. Mulgrave: Images Publishing Group. ISBN 1-86470-085-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) pp.44
  2. ^ Watkin, David (2005). A History of Western Architecture. London: Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 1-85669-459-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) pp.548
  3. ^ Glossary, UNESCO, retrieved 2010-01-01
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