UNESCO World Heritage · Saint-Ghislain

Major Mining Sites of Wallonia

Belangrijkste mijnsites van Wallonië

UNESCO World Heritage Site

World Heritage site in Belgium

  • TypeUNESCO World Heritage
  • WhereSaint-Ghislain, Belgium

Photo: Luc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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About Major Mining Sites of Wallonia

The Major Mining Sites of Wallonia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising four sites in Wallonia in southern Belgium associated with the Belgian coal mining industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. The four sites of the grouping, situated in the French-speaking Hainaut Province and Liège Province, comprise Grand-Hornu, the Bois-du-Luc, the Bois du Cazier and Blegny-Mine.

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