Heritage of Charleroi

Castles | Religious heritage | Military architecture | Remarkable listed houses in Charleroi |
Other remarkable houses | Civil architecture | Industrial heritage | Bibliography

Castles

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

Religious heritage

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

Military architecture

Vestiges 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)
Former Corporal Tresignies barracks (1887), Avenue Général Michel in Charleroi
Former Waterloo gate, Montignies-sur-Sambre ( Gate of Dutch fortifications in 1816, destroyed in 1870)

Remarkable listed houses in Charleroi

2 and 4 rue Turenne (1780)
The " Gilded house " : 15 rue Tumelaire (Art Nouveau - 1899)
40 rue Bernus (Art Nouveau - 1908)
7 Bd Solvay (modern style - 1920)
29-31 rue Fagnart (Art deco - 1926)
42 Bd Audent (Art deco -1920)
Résidence Albert, 97-99 avenue Meurée in Marcinelle, by Leborgne (1930)
5 Quai de Brabant (modernist - 1933)

Other remarkable houses

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

Civil architecture

Civil centre (late 19th), rue Massau, Gosselies
Cinema and Varia theatre (1910), rue Lambillotte n° 3, Jumet
Gare du sud (South Station) (1865 and 1960), Charleroi
Post office (1907), 23, place Albert 1er, Charleroi
Town Hall (1936), Place Charles II, Charleroi
Alfred Solvay Monument in Couillet designed by Victor Horta in 1895
Palais des Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts Palace) (1957), Place du Manège, Charleroi
Palais des Expositions (Exhibition Centre) (1952), Avenue de l’Europe, Charleroi
Passage de la Bourse (1890), Charleroi
La Ruche Verrière (1926), Place Gilles, 20, Lodelinsart
Université du Travail (1911), Charleroi
The Gallo-Roman Villa and tumulus (1st century BC - 3rd century AD), rue de la Tombe 249, Marcinelle

Industrial heritage

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

Bibliography

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