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Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
19 km · about 20 min drive
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Marchienne-au-Pont works well as a base: 5 minutes from Charleroi, 23km from Villers Abbey.
Marchienne-au-Pont is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 15,154, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Marchienne-au-Pont sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Marchienne-au-Pont to your route.
Marchienne-au-Pont (French pronunciation: [maʁʃjɛn o pɔ̃]; Walloon: Mårciene) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a commune in its own right before the merger of communes in 1977, when it had a population of 17,000.
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Marchienne-au-Pont is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.4057 latitude, 4.3953 longitude.
Marchienne-au-Pont has a population of approximately 15,154 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
22 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
23 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
31 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
34 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
34 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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