Belfries of Belgium and France

The **Belfries of Belgium and France** are a group of 56 historical buildings. They are part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. It shows a design change from feudal and religious influence in historic Flanders and its neighboring regions of the Duchy of Burgundy.

UNESCO included 32 towers of **Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia** in 1999. In 2005, the bell tower of Gembloux in the Walloon Region of Belgium and 23 others from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy regions were added to the renamed list. Brussels Town Hall and its bell tower were not included since was already part of the Grand Place World Heritage Site.

Additional six church towers were also added since they served as watchtowers or alarm bell towers. These include Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, St. Rumbolds Cathedral in Mechelen, St. Peter's Church, Leuven, St. Germanus Church in Tienen, the Basilica of Our Lady in Tongeren and St. Leonard's Church in Zoutleeuw.

Most of the buildings in the list are towers from bigger buildings. A few of them are restoration of towers previously connected to nearby bigger buildings.

## Belgium

The ID numbers match the order in the complete list ID from 943 to 943bis from UNESCO.

#### West Flanders

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-004</small>|style="width:8em"|Bruges|_Hallentoren_ belfry and halls|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-006</small>|Diksmuide|City Hall and Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-011</small>|Kortrijk|_Hallentoren_ Belfry<sub style="vertical-align:middle"></sub>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-014</small>|Lo-Reninge (Lo)|Town Hall with Belfry (at present a hotel)|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-017</small>|Menen|City Hall and adjacent Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-018</small>|Nieuwpoort|_Stadshalle_ grain hall (market hall) with Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-020</small>|Roeselare|City Hall, _Stadshalle_ (market hall) and Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-022</small>|Tielt|_Hallentoren_ belfry, Cloth Hall and Aldermen's Chamber <sub style="vertical-align:middle"></sub>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-025</small>|Veurne|_Landhuis_ ("country-house", former seat of the Viscounty of Veurne-Ambacht) and Belfry <sub style="vertical-align:middle"></sub>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-010</small>|Ypres|Cloth Hall with Belfry|||

#### East Flanders

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-001</small>|style="width:8em"|Aalst|Aldermen's House with Belfry|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-005</small>|Dendermonde|City Hall with Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-007</small>|Eeklo|City Hall with Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-008</small>|Ghent|Belfry, Cloth Hall and _Mammelokker_ <sub style="vertical-align:middle"></sub>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-019</small>|Oudenaarde|City Hall with Belfry|||

#### Antwerp

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-002</small>|style="width:8em"|Antwerp|Cathedral of Our Lady|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-003</small>|Antwerp|City Hall <sub style="vertical-align:middle"></sub>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-009</small>|Herentals|Former City & 'Laken'(Cloth) Hall|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-013</small>|Lier|City Hall and Belfry tower|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-016</small>|Mechelen|St. Rumbolds Tower of the cathedral <sub style="vertical-align:middle"></sub>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-015</small>|Mechelen|Old Cloth Hall with Belfry (now part of the City Hall complex)<sub style="vertical-align:middle"></sub>|||

#### Flemish Brabant

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-012</small>|style="width:8em"|Leuven|St. Peter's Church and tower|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-023</small>|Tienen|St. Germanus Church with _Stadstoren_ (City Tower)|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-026</small>|Zoutleeuw|St. Leonard's Church|||

#### Limburg

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-021</small>|style="width:8em"|Sint-Truiden|City Hall with Tower|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-024</small>|Tongeren|Basilica of Our Lady with _Stadstoren_ (City Tower)|||

#### Hainaut

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-027</small>|style="width:8em"|Binche|Belfry of the City Hall|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-028</small>|Charleroi|Belfry of the City Hall|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-029</small>|Mons|Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-031</small>|Thuin|Belfry|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-032</small>|Tournai|Belfry|||

#### Namur

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-056</small>|style="width:8em"|Gembloux|Belfry|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-030</small>|Namur|Belfry|||
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#### Nord

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-033</small>|style="width:9em"|Armentières|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-034</small>|Bailleul|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-035</small>|Bergues|Belfry|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-036</small>|Cambrai|Belfry of the St. Martin's Church|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-037</small>|Comines|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-038</small>|Douai|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-040</small>|Dunkirk|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-039</small>|Dunkirk|width="400"|Belfry of Dunkirk(former church tower attached to Saint Eligius, in the 1700s transformed into a standalone municipal belfry)|<small></small>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-041</small>|Gravelines|Belfry|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-042</small>|Lille|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-043</small>|Loos|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||||

#### Pas-de-Calais

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-044</small>|style="width:9em"|Aire-sur-la-Lys|width="400"|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-045</small>|Arras|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>|||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-046</small>|Béthune|Belfry|<small></small>|||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-047</small>|Boulogne-sur-Mer|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>|||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-048</small>|Calais|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>|||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-049</small>|Hesdin|Belfry of the City Hall|<small></small>|||||
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### Picardy

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#### Somme

|style="width:6em"|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-050</small>|style="width:9em"|Abbeville|Belfry|<small></small>||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-051</small>|Amiens|Belfry|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-052</small>|Doullens|width="400"|Belfry of the former Municipal Hall, at present the tourist information center|<small></small>|||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-053</small>|Lucheux|Belfry on the remaining City Gate|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-054</small>|Rue|Belfry|<small></small>||||
|<small style="color:gray">ID 943-055</small>|Saint-Riquier|Belfry|<small></small>||||
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## Related pages

- List of World Heritage Sites in Europe

## Other websites

- Brief description of the ensemble ID 943/943bis, UNESCO Website
- Detailed argumentation for list ID 943/943bis, UNESCO Website
- The complete list ID 943/943bis, UNESCO Website <small>(monuments ordered by UNESCO ID, which precedes the corresponding monument in this Wikipedia article's main list)</small>
- Articles on the phenomenon of the belfries from the Flemish Department of Monuments and Landscapes
- The Belgian belfries on the UNESCO list ID 943 (without Gembloux) with photographs  and slideshows – from the Flemish Department of Monuments and Landscapes
- The French belfries on the UNESCO list ID 943bis  with photographs  and descriptions; and a general article
- The French belfries on the UNESCO list ID 943bis with thumbnails, photographs and descriptions

## Infobox (unesco world heritage site)

- **image**: World Heritage belfries map.svg
- **image upright**: 1.2
- **caption**: Belfry locations
- **includes**: 56 Belfry (architecture), belfries
- **location**: Belgium; north of France
- **type**: Cultural
- **criteria**: (ii), (iv)
- **id**: 943
- **year**: 1999
- **extension**: 2005