Detourmap
Archaeological & historic sites in Belgium
Belgium has 116 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 116
- Oldest
- Aulne Abbey 657
- Little known
- 108 of 116
- Most from
- 20th century
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2.MS Herald of Free Enterprise
Archaeological · Notable
Passenger and car ferry that capsized at Zeebrugge in March 1987
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12.Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1937 aviation accident in Belgium
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18.Wiertz Museum
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
House museum of Antoine Wiertz in Ixelles, Brussels, part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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31.Veldwezelt-Hezerwater
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Middle Paleolithic archaeological site in Flanders
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35.Lillo
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Municipality annexed by Antwerp after being mostly broken down in 1958 for port expansion
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44.Waterloo Battlefield
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Battlefield in Waterloo, Braine-l'Alleud and Lasne, Wallonia, Belgium
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70.Tumulus of Koninksem
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Tumulus at the Paardsweidestraat in Koninksem, Belgium
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79.Tumulus of Koninksem
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Tumulus at the Romeinse Kassei in Koninksem, Belgium
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113.Monument to the Foresters
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Memorial in Sonian Forest near Uccle, Belgium
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Belgium?
116 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Belgium with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Belgium?
Which is the oldest?
Aulne Abbey, dated to 657. 10 of these 116 carry a founding date, 1 of them from before the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.