Canal du Centre - Ascenseur n° 2, La Louvière

Name: Canal du Centre - Ascenseur n° 2
Address: Rue Beau Séjour, La Louvière, 7110, Belgium

#3 among attractions in La Louvière

Canal lock, Unesco

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Facts and practical information

The lifts on the Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in Belgium which are classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. All four are located on the Canal du Centre in Belgium's historic sillon industriel industrial belt. ()

Alternative names: Unesco: from 1998Area: 2.08 mi²Coordinates: 50°28'57"N, 4°8'33"E

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Rue Beau SéjourLa Louvière 7110 Belgium

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Day trips

Canal du Centre - Ascenseur n° 2 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Musée royal de Mariemont, Havré Castle, Bois-du-Luc, Le Rœulx Castle.

4.1 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Musée royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz
105 min walk • The Royal Museum of Mariemont is a museum situated in Mariemont, near Morlanwelz, in Belgium. It is constituted around the personal collection of art and antiquities owned by the industrialist Raoul Warocqué which were bequeathed to the Belgian state on his death.
4.7 miW
Tours of a moated 12th-century castle
Havré Castle, Mons
120 min walk • Havré Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Havré in the town of Mons, province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
0.9 miS
Mine, Museum,
Bois-du-Luc, La Louvière
24 min walk • The Bois-du-Luc was a coal mine in Houdeng-Aimeries, near La Louvière, in Belgium which today is preserved as an industrial heritage site. As well as the site of the headquarters of the Société des Charbonnages de Bois-du-Luc et d'Havre, the Bois du Luc was the site of the Saint Emmanuel Pit which belonged to the company.
2.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Le Rœulx Castle, Le Rœulx
55 min walk • Le Rœulx Castle, also known as the Château des Princes de Croÿ, or "castle of the Princes de Croÿ", is a castle in the town of Le Rœulx in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
2.2 miW
50°28'17"N • 4°5'40"E
Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre, Le Rœulx
58 min walk • The lifts on the Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in Belgium which are classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
1.5 miW
Canal
Canal du Centre
38 min walk • The Canal du Centre is a canal in Wallonia, Belgium, which, with other canals, links the waterways of the Meuse and Scheldt rivers. It has a total length of 20.9 km. It connects the artificial lake Grand Large near Nimy, with the Brussels–Charleroi Canal near Seneffe.
4.5 miS
50°25'5"N • 4°9'17"E
Statio Romana - Musée gallo-romain, Binche
115 min walk • Museum
4.4 miE
Park
Mariemont
113 min walk • Mariemont, also Morlanwelz-Mariemont, is a former royal estate and hunting park in Belgium, created in the 16th century by Mary of Hungary, from whom it took its name. It was reconstructed several times through the centuries before being finally destroyed in 1794.
1.5 miE
Canal lock,
Canal du Centre - Ascenseur n° 1, La Louvière
39 min walk • The lifts on the Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in Belgium which are classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
2.6 miE
Football, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Stade du Tivoli, La Louvière
67 min walk • The Stade Communal du Tivoli is a multi-use stadium in La Louvière, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It was the home ground of R.A.A. Louviéroise. The stadium holds 12,500 people and was built in 1972. UR La Louvière Centre are its current tenants.
4.5 miE
Locality
Manage
114 min walk • Manage is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Manage had a total population of 22,341. The total area is 19.60 km² which gives a population density of 1,140 inhabitants per km².