Remains of 109 different coal mines and other mining heritage make up the Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012. The mines of Loos-en-Gohelle, Oignies, Arenberg and Lewarde count as 4 great memorial sites of France's coal past.
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On the occasion of International Art Nouveau Day, celebrated each year on June 10, a look at how this ornate architectural movement found its way into the most unlikely of places like coal mines, power stations, and railway yards and the long, sometimes heartbreaking battles to save what remains.
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