Hauts-de-France
You bump into this brick obelisk at the edge of a forest in northern France. The monument was erected more than two centuries ago.
Hainaut
European heritage organization Europa Nostra has added the ruins of Charles of Lorraine's Palace in Mariemont to its shortlist of most endangered monuments in 2023.
Walloon Brabant
In the valley of the River Thyle, a group of monks came together in 1146 to build the Villers Abbey.
France
After French revolutionaries chased the monks out of Saint-Bertin Abbey in 1791, demolition began.
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