Major Mining Sites of Wallonia
The four sites of the site form a strip 170 km long and 3-15 km wide across Belgium from east to west and are the best preserved 19th and 20th century coal mining sites in the country. It features examples of early utopian architecture from the European Industrial Age, a highly integrated industrial and urban complex, notably the Grand-Horneau coal mine and workers' city designed by Bruno Renard in the first half of the 19th century. Bois-du-Luc includes many buildings built between 1838 and 1909, as well as one of the oldest coal mines in Europe, dating back to the late 17th century. While there are hundreds of coal mines in Wallonia, most have lost their infrastructure, while the four components of the site have retained a high degree of integrity.