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  • Moda Flemish Béguinages
    Flemish Béguinages

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    "The Béguines were women who dedicated their lives to God without retiring from the world. In the 13th century they founded the béguinages , enclosed communities designed to meet their spiritual and material needs."
  • Moda Grand-Place of Brussels
    Grand-Place of Brussels

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    "La Grand-Place in Brussels is a remarkably homogeneous body of public and private buildings, dating mainly from the late 17th century. The architecture provides a vivid illustration of the level of social and cultural life of the period in this important political and commercial centre."
  • Moda The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs
    The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs

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    "The four hydraulic boat-lifts on this short stretch of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality."
  • Moda The Belfries of Belgium
    The Belfries of Belgium

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    "Twenty-three belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed in 2005, as an extension to the 32 Belgian belfries inscribed in 1999 as Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia."
  • Moda Historic Centre of Brugge
    Historic Centre of Brugge

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    "Brugge is an outstanding example of a medieval historic settlement, which has maintained its historic fabric as this has evolved over the centuries, and where original Gothic constructions form part of the town's identity."
  • Moda Major Town Houses of Victor Horta, Brussels
    Major Town Houses of Victor Horta, Brussels

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    "The four major town houses - Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta - located in Brussels and designed by the architect Victor Horta, one of the earliest initiators of Art Nouveau."
  • Moda Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)
    Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)

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    "The Neolithic flint mines at Spiennes, covering more than 100 ha, are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe. They are also remarkable for the diversity of technological solutions used for extraction."
  • Moda Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
    Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai

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    "The Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai was built in the first half of the 12th century. It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the Gothic style."
  • Moda Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
    Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex

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    "The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods."
  • Moda Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians
    Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians

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    "This transboundary property stretches over 12 countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European Beech spread from a few isolated refuge areas in the Alps, Carpathians, Dinarides, Mediterranean and Pyrenees over a short period of a few thousand years in a process that is still ongoing."