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Cultural property of Belgium
Emblem of the
International Committee of the Blue Shield
for marking protected objects per the
Hague Convention of 1954
.
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Heritage registers in Belgium
include immovable heritage such as
World Heritage Sites
, and
National heritage sites
, but also
intangible cultural heritage
. 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 classes
or
Kulturdenkmal
depending on the language of the municipality of the location.
Three National heritage organizations
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Three administrative districts of Belgium: Flanders in the North, Wallonia in the South, and Brussels in the middle
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
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In the
Walloon region
, the organization of the
European Heritage Days
and the classification of objects is done by the
Agence wallonne du Patrimoine (AWaP)
East Belgium
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The
German-speaking Community of Belgium
, part of the area known as "East Belgium" also hosts the European Heritage Days, and calls them "Tage des offenen Denkmals".
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The heritage protection of East Belgium falls under the jurisdiction of Liege province.
Heritage lists of Wallonia
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Flanders
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Beschermd erfgoed
plaque on the museum of
Rene de Clercq
's birthplace in
Deerlijk
. On the left, the blue & white logo has the overlaid text "Beschermd Monument". Below that are the logo of the Flemish tourist bureau, the white lion of
Flanders
and bottom right, the flag of the town of Deerlijk.
One agency, the
Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage
and three of its subdivisions are responsible for protection; the VIOE,
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the Organization for KCML.
Ruimte en Erfgoed, Onroerend Erfgoed
, and the agent for inspection, the
RWO
.
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Heritage lists of Flanders
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Brussels
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The
Brussels-Capital Region
has their own protection agency called
Monuments & Sites
(in French:
Monuments et sites de l'Administration de l'Amenagement du Territoire et du Logement Ministere de la Region de Bruxelles-Capitale
, and in Dutch:
Monumenten en Landschappen van het Bestuur Ruimtelijke Ordening en Huisvesting van het Ministerie Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
).
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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
for the protected objects.
See also
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References
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