Canal du Centre Boat Lifts
Also known as The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut), Ascenseurs à bateaux du canal du Centre, Canal du Centre boat lifts, lifts on the Canal du Centre, lifts on the old Canal du Centre
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Belgium
Inscribed
1998
Area
67 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Canal du Centre Boat Lifts is about 11 km east of Mons. The nearest other World Heritage site is Spiennes Flint Mines, about 10 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Mons · about 91,000 peopleabout 11 km west
- Charleroi · about 345,000 peopleabout 25 km east
- Brussels · about 1,743,000 peopleabout 45 km north
- Namur · about 106,000 peopleabout 55 km east
- Gent · about 444,000 peopleabout 70 km north-west
- Lille · about 1,044,000 peopleabout 75 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
BelgiumCultural10 km away
BelgiumCultural19 km away
FranceCultural39 km away
BelgiumCultural42 km away
Belgium, FranceCultural45 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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