Belgium
Belgium has been a State Party to the World Heritage Convention since 1996. With 16 inscribed properties, the country is one of the more prominent contributors to the World Heritage List. The majority of its sites are cultural properties, reflecting a strong emphasis on historical and architectural heritage. Some of these properties are shared with neighboring countries, demonstrating cooperation across borders in heritage conservation.
Belgium as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention
State Party since: July 24, 1996
Status: Ratification
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee: 1999-2003, 2021-2025
Total of Mandate Years: 8
Total of Mandates: 2
WHC Electoral Group: I (Western Europe/North America)
World Heritage Sites in Belgium (16)
Cultural: 15 | Natural: 1 | Mixed: 0
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe · Natural (Transboundary)
- Belfries of Belgium and France · Cultural (Transboundary)
- Colonies of Benevolence · Cultural (Transboundary)
- Flemish Béguinages · Cultural
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) · Cultural (Transboundary)
- Historic Centre of Brugge · Cultural
- La Grand-Place, Brussels · Cultural
- Major Mining Sites of Wallonia · Cultural
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) · Cultural
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) · Cultural
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai · Cultural
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex · Cultural
- Stoclet House · Cultural
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement · Cultural (Transboundary)
- The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) · Cultural
- The Great Spa Towns of Europe · Cultural (Transboundary)
Map of World Heritage Sites
Tentative World Heritage Sites (16)
- Workers’ Assembly Halls · submitted: January 31, 2025
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie · submitted: April 3, 2019
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines · submitted: April 3, 2019
- Hoge Kempen Rural - Industrial Transition Landscape · submitted: May 25, 2011
- Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert · submitted: April 8, 2008
- L’œuvre architecturale d’Henry van de Velde · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Le plateau des Hautes-Fagnes · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Le tronçon Bavay-Tongres de la chaussée romaine Boulogne-Cologne situe sur le territoire de la Région wallonne · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Le palais de Princes Evêques de Liège · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo, la fin de l’épopée napoléonienne · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo, exemple particulièrement significatif de « Phénomène de Panoramas » · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Les citadelles mosanes · submitted: April 8, 2008
- Le noyau historique médiéval ou la 'Cuve' de Gand, et les deux abbayes qui sont à son origine · submitted: April 2, 2002
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 · submitted: April 2, 2002
- Leuven/Louvain, bâtiments universitaires, l'héritage de six siècles au sein du centre historique · submitted: April 2, 2002
Country Profile Belgium
Official Name: Kingdom of Belgium
Continent: Europe
Subregion: Western Europe
UNESCO Region: Europe and North America
Capital: Brussels
Population (2024): 11,876,844
Land Area: 30,280 km²
Currency: Euro (EUR)