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You can visit a silex mine dating back to the Neolithic period. This is a .
The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes are among the largest and earliest Neolithic flint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the Walloon village of Spiennes, southeast of Mons, Belgium. The mines were active during the mid and late Neolithic between 4,300 and 2,200 BC. Declared to be "remarkable for the diversity of technological solutions used for extraction" the site and its surroundings were inducted into the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 2000.
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The exhibits on display from the City of Mons give the visitors more insight in the two world wars that turned the 20th century upside down.
The centre of the historic town and the stage for the annual mock-battle of the Lumeçon.
Dates back to the 16th century and was built entirely out of bricks.
It was built near the current location of the belfry, and was moved on the Grand Place in the 13th century. The flamboyant Gothic building we see today dates from the 15th century. In front of it stands a statue of a monkey, which is said to bring good fortune to those who pat his head.
Beffroi
Classified as a , dates from the 17th century and is the only Baroque-style belfry in Belgium.
Collégiale Sainte-Waudru
Paradoxically a good specimen of Brabantic Gothic architecture.