Antwerp
Together with Liège, Antwerp was home to the 1930 World's Exposition, a double exhibition that the Bureau International des Expositions did not recognise.
Hainaut
Tuesday, May 15, 1934. In the Fief de Lambrechies mine in Quaregnon (Belgium), 46 miners are trapped like rats 821 metres underground after a mine gas explosion. Eleven rescuers dive into the shaft in search of survivors.
Liège
The banks of the Vesder in Pepinster are flanked by one of the most iconic facades of a textile factory, that of Textile de Pepinster.
West Flanders
For years, Izegem has been the Belgian shoe and brush city par excellence. Today, the art-deco building of shoe manufacturer Eperon d'Or hides an impressive industrial heritage site.
East Flanders
The Brothers of Charity built a new institution and school complex in Zwijnaarde around 1830, specifically with the Medical Pedagogical Institute Sint-Jozef.
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