Grand-Hornu is an old industrial coal mining complex and company town (cité ouvrière) in Hornu (Boussu), near Mons, in Belgium. It was built by Henri De Gorge between 1810 and 1830. It is a unique example of functional town-planning. Today it is owned by the province of Hainaut, which houses temporary exhibitions in the buildings. It is one of the four industrial sites which were listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2012
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Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (UNESCO World Heritage Site) | ||
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See also: List of World Heritage Sites in Belgium • European Route of Industrial Heritage |
World Heritage Sites in Belgium | ||
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1 Listing shared with six other countries, which includes Belgium's Maison Guiette; 2 Listing shared with France; 3 Listing shared with seventeen other countries, which include's Belgium's Sonian Forest. |
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