The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault)

August, 2007


















Old ship lift at Canal du Centre
The four hydraulic boat-lifts on this short stretch of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality. Together with the canal itself and its associated structures, they constitute a remarkably well-preserved and complete example of a late-19th-century industrial landscape.

Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex

August, 2007
















Plantin-Moretus House yard, Antwerp
This historical building, formerly a working press from XVI century, house the two oldest surviving printing presses in the world. The typographical collection and the old library are also remarkable.

Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou

August, 2007
















Our Lady Cathedral at Rouen
Rouen cathedral is the main gothic building in a city with several gothic masterpieces, both civil and religious. This façade was painted several times from the same point of view at different times of the day and at different weather circumstances by Claude Monet.

Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret

August, 2007
















St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph´s church is perhaps the most impressive work of Auguste Perret, the architect who designed the reconstruction of Le Havre. This key port was bombed more than one hundred times and lost most of its housing during World War Two. The symmetrical building is organized around a central tower 106 meters high.