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UNESCO World Heritage Site

Major Mining Sites of Wallonia

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Major Mining Sites of Wallonia
Major Mining Sites of Wallonia. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Major Mining Sites of Wallonia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising four sites in Wallonia in southern Belgium associated with the Belgian coal mining industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. The four sites of the grouping, situated in the French-speaking Hainaut Province and Liège Province, comprise Grand-Hornu, the Bois-du-Luc, the Bois du Cazier and Blegny-Mine.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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