Heritage Registers In Belgium
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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 h ...
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. Int ...
. 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 Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
, the organization of the
European Heritage Days European Heritage Days (EHD) is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, ''Europe: a common heritage''. The annual programme offers o ...
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. *
Lists of protected heritage sites in the German-speaking Community of Belgium The German-speaking Community of Belgium or Eastern Belgium is one of the three Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, federal communities of Belgium. This page is an overview of its beschermd erfgoed, protected heritage sites, alphab ...


Heritage lists of Wallonia

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Lists of protected heritage sites in Hainaut (province) This page is an overview of the list of protected heritage sites in Hainaut (province), alphabetically ordered by town name. This list is part of the protected heritage sites of Belgium. * List of protected heritage sites, in Aiseau-Presles ...
* Lists of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) *
Lists of protected heritage sites in Luxembourg (Belgium) This page is an overview of the protected heritage sites in Luxembourg (Belgium), alphabetically ordered by town name. This list is part of the protected heritage sites of Belgium. * List of protected heritage sites, in Arlon * List of prote ...
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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 * List ...


Flanders

One agency, the
Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage The Flanders Heritage Agency () is a cultural heritage agency sponsored by the Flemish Government. The organisation is split into four subdivisions; the former VIOE, which inventories Beschermd erfgoed in the Flemish Region; the agency "Ruimte en ...
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 ...
* Lists of immovable heritage sites in Limburg (Belgium) * Lists of immovable heritage sites in East Flanders *
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 unio ...
* Lists of immovable heritage sites in West Flanders


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
List of protected heritage sites in the Brussels-Capital Region 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 ...
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