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The ancient Gosselies tower
Around the Cartier castle at Marchienne-au-Pont
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Saint-Ghislain chapel
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Castles | Religious heritage | Military architecture | Remarkable listed houses in Charleroi | Other remarkable houses | Civil architecture | Industrial heritage | Bibliography

Castles

lienCastles The Tower of Gosselies (15th century), Gosselies
lienThe Cartier Castle (17th-19th centuries), Marchienne-au-Pont
lienThe Tower of Serna Castle, Jumet Avenue des Fusillés, 2 - industrial zone
lienThe Castle of Monceau (17th-18th centuries), Monceau-sur-Sambre
lienThe Mondron Castle(19th century), Jumet
lienThe Tower of Mont-sur-Marchienne (16th century), rue Cardinal Mercier, Mont-sur-Marchienne

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Religious heritage

lienThe Church of St Antoine (19th century), Charleroi
lienThe Calvaire Chapel (18th century), Montignies-sur-Sambre
lienThe former Carmelite Convent (19th century), Mont-sur-Marchienne
lienThe Basilica of St-Christophe (18th century - renovated in 1955), Charles II Square in Charleroi
lienThe Chapel of St Fiacre (17th century), Charleroi
lienThe Chapel of St Ghislain (choir 16th century), Dampremy
lienThe Chapel of Notre-Dame de Heigne (12th, 17th and 19th centuries), Jumet
lienThe Church of St Jean-Baptiste (16th, 18th and 19th centuries), Gosselies
lienThe Church of St Laurent (Tower 11th - church 16th), Couillet
lienThe Church of St Martin (Tower 12th - church 15th - transept 18th), Marcinelle
lienThe Prieure of Saint Michel (built in the 12th - rebuilt in the 18th century), Roux
lienThe Church of Notre-Dame de Misericorde (1901-1904), Marchienne-au-Pont
lienThe Chapel of Notre-Dame des Affligés (17th-18th century), Jumet
lienThe Church of St-Paul (shell of the building 16th century, renovated in the 18th), Mont-sur-Marchienne
lienThe Protestant Church (19th century), Boulevard Audent, n° 20, Charleroi
lienThe Church of St-Rémy, Place Ferrer, Gilly
lienThe Abbey of Soleilmont (15th-18th centuries), Gilly
lienThe Church of St Sulpice (18th century), Jumet
lienThe Blessed Virgin Church (19th century), Lodelinsart
lienThe Blessed Virigin Church (18th century), Roux

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Military architecture

lienVestiges of the fortress (layout of the Charles II Square, the heart of the ancient fortress ; buildings rue de France and rue des Gardes ; Vauban Souterrain Basement, rue de Montigny; Impasse Temps rue de Dampremy)
lienFormer Corporal Tresignies barracks (1887), Avenue Général Michel in Charleroi
lienFormer Waterloo gate, Montignies-sur-Sambre ( Gate of Dutch fortifications in 1816, destroyed in 1870)

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Remarkable listed houses in Charleroi

lien2 and 4 rue Turenne (1780)
lienThe " Gilded house " : 15 rue Tumelaire (Art Nouveau - 1899)
lien40 rue Bernus (Art Nouveau - 1908)
lien7 Bd Solvay (modern style - 1920)
lien29-31 rue Fagnart (Art deco - 1926)
lien42 Bd Audent (Art deco -1920)
lienRésidence Albert, 97-99 avenue Meurée in Marcinelle, by Leborgne (1930)
lien5 Quai de Brabant (modernist - 1933)

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Other remarkable houses

lienBoulevard Audent, 11, 16, 41
lienBoulevard Janson, 38
lienRue Isaac, 6
lienBoulevard Devreux, 22
lienRue du Palais, 7
lienRue du Dauphin, 1
lienBoulevard Tirou, 88
lienRue de la Montagne, 38
lienRue de Marcinelle, 1, 3, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41
lienRue Charles Dupret, 13
lienRue Puissant, 13, 15, 17
lienRue de Montigny, 29, 118

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Civil architecture

lienCivil centre (late 19th), rue Massau, Gosselies
lienCinema and Varia theatre (1910), rue Lambillotte n° 3, Jumet
lienGare du sud (South Station) (1865 and 1960), Charleroi
lienPost office (1907), 23, place Albert 1er, Charleroi
lienTown Hall (1936), Place Charles II, Charleroi
lienAlfred Solvay Monument in Couillet designed by Victor Horta in 1895
lienPalais des Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts Palace) (1957), Place du Manège, Charleroi
lienPalais des Expositions (Exhibition Centre) (1952), Avenue de l’Europe, Charleroi
lienPassage de la Bourse (1890), Charleroi
lienLa Ruche Verrière (1926), Place Gilles, 20, Lodelinsart
lienUniversité du Travail (1911), Charleroi
lienThe Gallo-Roman Villa and tumulus (1st century BC - 3rd century AD), rue de la Tombe 249, Marcinelle

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Industrial heritage

lienFormer steelworks " Léonard-Giot-Allard ", limited company, rue de Châtelet 216-218 in Marchienne-au-Pont.
lienBois du Cazier coal-mine, rue du Cazier, Marcinelle
lienPithead frame in reinforced concrete (1920), rue Fosse du Bois, Monceau-sur-Sambre.
lienImitation of cutting wheel frame (19th century)
lienStatues " The Miner " and " The Steelworker " by Constantin Meunier, King Baudouin bridge, Charleroi

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Bibliography

lienA Charleroi (In Charleroi), Marcel Leborgne, Espace-Environnement
lienA Charleroi (In Charleroi), Joseph André, Espace-Environnement
lienBalades dans le souvenir des Forteresses de Charleroi, Strolls through the souvenir of Charleroi ancient fortresses, Espace-Environnement
lienFaçades d’Hier et d’Aujourd’hui (Yesterday’s and today’s façades), Espace-Environnement.
lienCharleroi, ville d’architectures. Du Temps des Forteresses aux Années Folles, (Charleroi, architectural city. From the fortress period to the Roaring Twenties), Espace-Environnement
lienCharleroi intime : vivre aujourd’hui dans un intérieur d’autrefois (Intimate Charleroi : living today in yesterday’s interior), Espace-environnement
lienLe Pays de Charleroi (Des Usines, des Maisons et des Hommes) (The Region of Charleroi, Factories, Houses and Men), Espace-environnement
lienCarte " Charleroi industriel " (Map " Industrial Charleroi "), Espace-environnement
lienJouons avec le patrimoine Civil de Charleroi (Playing with Charleroi Civil Heritage), Espace-Environnemement
lienParcourir Charleroi Bucolique (Strolls in the rural Charleroi), Espace-Environnement
lienItinéraire d’une grande cité industrielle (Itinerary of a big industrial city), publisher GEVERU in partnership with Espace-Environnement
lien" Charleroi, ville d’architectures " (Charleroi, architectural city) (audiovisual cassette) by Cultura Europa in partnership with Espace-Environnement

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