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UNESCO

Since July 1, 2012, Grand-Hornu has been recognized, along with the three other major mining sites in Wallonia — Bois-du-Luc, Bois du Cazier, and Blegny-Mine — as a UNESCO World Heritage site

These four sites represent the best-preserved locations of coal mining operations in Belgium, from the early 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.

The Walloon coal basin is one of the oldest and most emblematic of the Industrial Revolution on the European continent. The four sites include numerous technical and industrial remains, both from surface and underground coal mining, as well as industrial architecture associated with the mines, workers' housing, the urban planning of mining towns, and the social and human values of their history—particularly the memory of the Bois du Cazier disaster (1956).

Source: https://www.grand-hornu.eu

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