The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)
A World Heritage Site in Belgium, inscribed in 1998 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
- 1998
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 67.3 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 50.4811, 4.1372
- UNESCO ID
- 856
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Names in other languages
- French
- Les quatre ascenseurs du canal du Centre et leur site, La Louvière et Le Roeulx (Hainaut)
- Spanish
- Los cuatro elevadores del Canal del Centro y sus alrededores, La Louvií¨re y Le Roeulx (Hainault)
- Chinese
- 拉卢维耶尔和勒罗尔克斯中央运河上的四座船舶吊车（艾诺）
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- 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)
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (2000)
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (2000)
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