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exhibitions of prints and and at the St Emmanuel mine in
engravings. The Musée particular. It features a pater­
Ianchelevici celebrates the life nalistic industrial village with its
and work of Romanian­born orderly grid of more than 166
scul ptor Idel Ianchelevici, who miners’ dwellings, plus shops, a
came to Belgium in his youth. church, schools and an infirmary.
The Centre Keramis has a large Offices, workshops and equip­
collection of ceramics. ment stores cluster around the
mine shaft that descends 558 m
(1,830 ft) below the surface.
E Centre de la Gravure et de
l’Image Imprimée
Rue des Amours 10. Tel (064) 278727.
Open during exhibitions only: t Canal du Centre
10am–6pm Tue–Sun. & 7
∑ centredelagravure.be Rue Tout­y­Faut 90, Houdeng­
Goegnies; 3 km (2 miles) N of La
E Musée Ianchelevici Louvière. Road Map C3. Tel (064)
Pillars and sphinx – ruins of the old castle Place Communale 21. Tel (064) 847831. n Place Mansart 21; (064)
at Domaine de Mariemont 282530. Open 11am–5pm Tue–Fri, 261500. 8 Apr–Oct: Tue–Sun (boat
2–6pm Sat & Sun. 9 trips). ∑ canalducentre.be
w Musée Royal ∑ ianchelevici.be
de Mariemont E Centre Keramis Forged between 1882 and 1917,
1 Place des Fours Bouteilles. Tel (064) Canal du Centre was used to
Chaussée de Mariemont 100, 236070. Open 10am–6pm Wed–Sun. transport raw materials and
Morlanwelz; 24 km (15 miles) W of & 7 ∑ keramis.be goods to the North Sea, France
Charleroi. Road Map C3. Tel (064) 212 and Germany. The original canal
193. @ Open 10am– 6pm Tue–Sun tackled the 68­m (223­ft) rise in
(to 5pm Oct–Mar). & 7 9 0 r Écomusée the land with locks and four
∑ musee-mariemont.be
Regional du Centre hydrau lic boat lifts between Thieu
Built in 1975 in the Domaine de and Houdeng­Goegnies. Boats –
Mariemont, a large park with an R St­Patrice 2B, Houdeng­Aimeries; one going up and the other
arboretum, this modern museum 4 km (3 miles) NW of La Louvière. down – enter a pair of metal
is home to a major collection of Road Map C3. Tel (064) 282000. counterbalanced containers. As
decorative arts. The estate once Open May–Oct: 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, water is pumped, one rises and
belonged to a castle built in 1546 2–6pm Sat & Sun; Nov–Apr: 9am–5pm the other goes down.
Mon–Fri. @ & 9 -
by Mary of Hungary. This was ∑ ecomuseeboisduluc.be After nearly a century, a more
des troyed by the French efficient system was devised for
Revolutionary Army in 1794, and This UNESCO World Heritage Site a new cut of the canal designed
its ruins can be seen today. Another has been in existence since 1983, to take the canal boats of the
mansion, con structed by the recalling the long history of coal modern era. Here, the rise of 73 m
Warocqué family of industrialists mining in Belgium (1685–1973) (240 ft) is dealt with by a single
in the 20th century, was also des­
troyed, but many of its con tents
were saved. Today, the museum
also has sculpture and artifacts
from ancient Egypt, Greece, the
Far East and Gallo­Roman times;
illu minated manuscripts; lace;
and the world’s largest col lection
of Tournai porcelain.
e La Louvière
20 km (12 miles) NW of Charleroi.
Road Map C3. * 80,000. £ @
n Place Mansart 21­22; (064) 261500.
∑ lalouviere.be
The town of La Louvière was
once the hub of the coal and
steel enterprise. Industrial her­
itage is a big theme here, but
the town also has art centres.
The Centre de la Gravure et de
l’Image Imprimée mounts The gigantic Ascenseur Funiculaire de Strépy-Thieu at Canal du Centre
For hotels and restaurants see pp268–9 and pp288–9

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