🏛️ Major Mining Sites of Wallonia

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The Major Mining Sites of Wallonia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising four sites in Wallonia in southern Belgium associated with the Belgian coal mining industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. The four sites of the grouping, situated in the French-speaking Hainaut Province and Liège Province, comprise Grand-Hornu, the Bois-du-Luc, the Bois du Cazier and Blegny-Mine.

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Major Mining Sites of Wallonia is a cultural World Heritage site in Belgium, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Major Mining Sites of Wallonia was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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