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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 ...
The Waterloo 1815 Memorial (French: Mémorial Waterloo 1815) is a Belgian museum complex located on the site of the Waterloo battlefield in Belgium. It includes a museum inaugurated in 2015, the Lion's Mound , the Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo and the Hougoumont farm .
Tourism in Belgium is one of Belgium's industries. Its accessibility from elsewhere in Europe makes it a popular tourist destination. 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]
St. Rumbold's Cathedral (Dutch: Sint-Romboutskathedraal; French: Cathédrale Saint-Rombaut) is the Roman Catholic metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium, dedicated to Saint Rumbold, Christian missionary and martyr who founded an abbey nearby.
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 ).
Monuments and memorials in Belgium (6 C, 20 P) P. Protected heritage sites in Belgium (5 C, 19 P) T. Towers in Belgium (5 C, 13 P)
Lists of protected heritage sites in Belgium (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Lists of tourist attractions in Belgium" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Belgium: [1] Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp; Abbatial Cathedral of St. James on Coudenberg in Brussels (of the Military Ordinariate of Belgium) Co-Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels; St. Salvator's Cathedral in Bruges; St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent; St. Quentin's Cathedral in Hasselt; St. Paul's ...