Grand-Hornu - Wikipedia

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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.^[1]^[2] It is one of the four industrial sites which were listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2012.^[3]

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^ "Exhibitions". MACS. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
^ "al(l) Projects in aluminum". www.domusweb.it. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
^ "Grand Hornu | World Heritage Journeys of Europe". visitworldheritage.comhttps. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

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Grand-Hornu Archived 2016-04-10 at the Wayback Machine at 365.be

v t e Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Grand-Hornu Bois-du-Luc Bois du Cazier Blegny-Mine
See also: List of World Heritage Sites in Belgium • European Route of Industrial Heritage

v t e World Heritage Sites in Belgium
Architectural Work of Le Corbusier¹ Belfries of Belgium and France² Flemish Béguinages Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs Colonies of Benevolence³ Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)⁴ Great Spa Towns of Europe⁵ Historic Centre of Bruges La Grand-Place, Brussels Major Mining Sites of Wallonia Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe⁶ Stoclet House		Flag of Belgium
¹ Listing shared with six other countries, which includes Belgium's Maison Guiette; ² Listing shared with France; ³ Listing shared with the Netherlands, which includes Belgium's Wortel; ⁴ Listing shared with France ⁵ Listing shared with seven other countries, which includes Belgium's Spa; ⁶ Listing shared with seventeen other countries, which includes Belgium's Sonian Forest.

50°26′7″N 3°50′22″E / 50.43528°N 3.83944°E / 50.43528; 3.83944

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