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The Kingdom of Belgium accepted the convention on 24 July 1996, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Belgium has 16 sites inscribed on the list. The first sites to be added to the list were the Flemish Béguinages, the Grand-Place in Brussels and the lifts on the Canal du Centre, at the 22nd UNESCO session in 1998 ...
1893 – New York City, United States – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893) 1894 – San Francisco, California, United States – California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 [13] 1894 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894) [13]
Ten years after its founding, the stem puppet theater Het Spelleke van Folklore, the former Spelleke van de Muide, found a home in the museum and it has remained there until today. The Folklore Museum moved from Lange Steenstraat to the Children's Alijn Hospital on Kraanlei in 1962 and was renamed the Museum of Folklore.
This is an incomplete list of castles and châteaux in Belgium. [ a ] The Dutch word kasteel and the French word château refer both to fortified defensive buildings ( castles proper) and to stately aristocratic homes ( châteaux , manor houses or country houses ).
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The tourist industry generates 2.8% of Belgium's gross domestic product and employs 3.3% of the working population (142,000 people). [ 1 ] 6.7 million people travelled to Belgium in 2005. [ 2 ] Two-thirds of them come from the larger nearby countries - France , The Netherlands , the United Kingdom , and Germany ; there are also many tourists ...
Location of Belgium. Belgium is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea. It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi) and has a population of about 11 million people.