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Hainaut
Thuin
Binche

The Town Hall and Belfry

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Thuin
Binche

The Town Hall and Belfry

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The Town Hall and Belfry

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    Location: Binche, Thuin, Hainaut, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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    May 16, 2024

    The Belfry is not accessible from the inside.
    Here we see the town hall and the beautiful belfry. We are not sure when the town hall was built. The building was previously used as a market hall, a municipal butcher's shop and as a meeting place for magistrates. The upper part of the bell tower and the belfry are in Renaissance style, while the lower part and the arcades are in Gothic style. The building's belfry, a symbol of the city's freedoms, dates from the 14th century and has been on the prestigious UNESCO heritage list since 1999, like several other belfries in Wallonia.

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      March 8, 2024

      The Belfry of Binche is the historic belfry from the 14th-16th century in the Walloon city of Binche. It is also the tower of the town hall.
      The tower is on the list of 56 belfries in Belgium and France that have been recognized as World Heritage by UNESCO.

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        March 8, 2024

        The creation of the Binche town hall on the Grote Markt coincides with the economic development of the city - with its meat hall - and the arrival of municipal freedoms, of which the belfry is still a powerful symbol.
        For that reason, the tower was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The three arches of the ground floor and the base of the belfry date from the 14th century
        century.
        The town hall was modified in the 16th century by Jacques Du Broeucq and (around 1770) adapted in neoclassical style by Laurent-Benoît Dewez, regaining its original allure towards the end of the 19th century.
        The belfry also houses a bell and a carillon from the 16th century.
        Classified monument (15-01-1936)
        Written bell tower on the World Heritage list (December 1999)
        Town Hall of Wallonia EP (2009)

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