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The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)

November 8, 2019

The four hydraulic boat-lifts on this short stretch of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality. Together with the canal itself and its associated structures, they constitute a remarkably well-preserved and complete example of a late-19th-century industrial landscape. Of the eight hydraulic boat-lifts built at the end of the 19th … More The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut)

Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)

September 4, 2017

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, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century. The … More Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement

September 7, 2016

Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break with the past. They were built over a period of a half-century, in the course of what Le Corbusier … More The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement

Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

June 27, 2016

The Ancient Beech Forests of Germany, represent examples of on-going post-glacial biological and ecological evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and are indispensable to understanding the spread of the beech (Fagus sylvatica) in the Northern Hemisphere across a variety of environments. The new inscription represents the addition of five forests totaling 4,391 hectares that are added to the … More Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex

October 21, 2015

The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is associated with the history of the invention and spread of typography. Its name refers to the greatest printer-publisher … More Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex

Flemish Béguinages

October 9, 2015

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. The Flemish béguinages are architectural ensembles composed of houses, churches, ancillary buildings and green spaces, with a layout of either urban or … More Flemish Béguinages

Stoclet House

May 30, 2015

When banker and art collector Adolphe Stoclet commissioned this house from one of the leading architects of the Vienna Secession movement, Josef Hoffmann, in 1905, he imposed neither aesthetic nor financial restrictions on the project. The house and garden were completed in 1911 and their austere geometry marked a turning point in Art Nouveau, foreshadowing … More Stoclet House

Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)

February 6, 2015

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, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century. The … More Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)