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World Heritage Sites in Belgium

  • MechelenAn oak canoe cut from a single tree trunk lies buried in the wetlands of Nekkerspoel. This artifact dates back to the La Tène era, proving human habitation…
  • BrugesThe earliest written record of the city's name appears in documents from between 840 and 875 AD. Scribes wrote the location as Bruocs or Bruggas during that…
  • CharleroiIn September 1666, a new town named Charle-roi rose from the marshes along the Sambre river. Francisco Castel Rodrigo, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands…