Heritage registers in Belgium include immovable heritage such as
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...
s, and
National heritage site
A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage registe ...
s, but also
intangible cultural heritage
An intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage. Buildings, historic places, monuments, and artifacts are cultural property. I ...
. The agency responsible for keeping and updating inventories of immovable heritage is dependent on the region, as is the name for the object, which is called Beschermd erfgoed, Biens classés or Kulturdenkmal depending on the language of the municipality of the location.
Three National heritage organizations
In 1835 the ''Commission royale des monuments et des sites'' (Royal committee for monuments and sites) was created to advise the government on conservation and historic preservation. This committee was split in 1968 into a Flanders committee (''Koninklijke Commissie voor Monumenten en Landschappen'') and a Wallonian committee, and in 1993 a third committee was formed to administer the area of Brussels.
Walloon region
In the
Walloon region, the organization of the
European Heritage Days and the classification of objects is done by th
Agence wallonne du Patrimoine (AWaP)
East Belgium
The
German-speaking Community of Belgium
The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...
, part of the area known as "East Belgium" also hosts the European Heritage Days, and calls them "Tage des offenen Denkmals". The heritage protection of East Belgium falls under the jurisdiction of Liège province.
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Heritage lists of Wallonia
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Lists of protected heritage sites in Hainaut (province)
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Lists of protected heritage sites in Liège (province)
This page is an overview of the list of protected heritage sites in Liège Province, alphabetically ordered by town name. This list is part of the national heritage of Belgium.
* List of protected heritage sites, in Amay
* List of protected ...
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Lists of protected heritage sites in Luxembourg (Belgium)
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Lists of protected heritage sites in Namur (province)
This page is an overview of the protected heritage sites in Namur (province), alphabetically ordered by town name. This list is part of the protected heritage sites of Belgium.
* List of protected heritage sites, in Andenne
* List of protec ...
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Lists of protected heritage sites in Walloon Brabant
This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the province of Walloon Brabant, alphabetically ordered by town name. This list is part of Belgium's national heritage.
* List of protected heritage sites, in Beauvechain
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Flanders
One agency, the
Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage and three of its subdivisions are responsible for protection; the VIOE, the Organization for KCML. ''Ruimte en Erfgoed, Onroerend Erfgoed'', and the agent for inspection, the ''RWO''.
Heritage lists of Flanders
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Lists of immovable heritage sites in Antwerp (province)
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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Lists of immovable heritage sites in Limburg (Belgium)
This page is an overview of the list of immovable heritage sites in Limburg (Belgium), alphabetically ordered by town name. This list is part of the immovable heritage of Belgium.
* List of immovable heritage sites, in Alken, Belgium
* List of ...
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Lists of immovable heritage sites in East Flanders
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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Lists of immovable heritage sites in Flemish Brabant
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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Lists of immovable heritage sites in West Flanders
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
Brussels
The
Brussels-Capital Region
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
has their own protection agency called ''Monuments & Sites'' (in French: ''Monuments et sites de l'Administration de l'Aménagement du Territoire et du Logement Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale'', and in Dutch: ''Monumenten en Landschappen van het Bestuur Ruimtelijke Ordening en Huisvesting van het Ministerie Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest'').
Website
of Brussels protection agency "Monuments & Sites" They publish the inventory of protected heritage sites and coordinate the European Heritage Days as well as the marking of local heritage sites with their own logo. See the for the protected objects.
See also
* Beschermd erfgoed
* Culture of Belgium
Belgian culture involves both the aspects shared by all Belgians regardless of the language they speak and the differences between the main cultural communities: the Dutch-speaking Belgians (Flemish) and the French-speaking Belgians (mostly ...
References
External links
{{commons category, Cultural heritage monuments in Belgium
Official website KCML Flanders
Official website CRMSF Wallonia
Official website KCML Brussels
The covenant on heritage
Databank of the Inventory of the Flemish architectural monuments
Belgian culture
Law of Belgium