Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
A World Heritage Site in Belgium, inscribed in 2000 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 2000
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (i)(iii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 172 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 50.4201, 3.9823
- UNESCO ID
- 1006
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Names in other languages
- French
- Minières néolithiques de silex de Spiennes (Mons)
- Spanish
- Minas neolíticas de sílex de Spiennes (Mons)
- Chinese
- 斯皮耶纳新石器时代的燧石矿
Other World Heritage Sites in Belgium
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007)
- Belfries of Belgium and France (1999)
- Colonies of Benevolence (2021)
- Flemish Béguinages (1998)
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (2023)
- Historic Centre of Brugge (2000)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (1998)
- Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (2012)
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (2000)
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (2000)
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (2005)
- Stoclet House (2009)
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