Colonies of Benevolence
A World Heritage Site in Belgium / Netherlands, inscribed in 2021 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Belgium / Netherlands
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 2021
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (ii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 2,012 ha
- Component parts
- 3
- Transboundary property
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 53.0422, 6.3916
- UNESCO ID
- 1555
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Colonies de bienfaisance
- Spanish
- Colonias de Beneficencia
- Chinese
- 慈善定居点
Other World Heritage Sites in Belgium / Netherlands
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007)
- Belfries of Belgium and France (1999)
- Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (1999)
- Dutch Water Defence Lines (1996)
- Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker (2023)
- Flemish Béguinages (1998)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes (2021)
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (2023)
- Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao (1997)
- Historic Centre of Brugge (2000)
- Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (1998)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (1998)
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