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	Lucky Luke statue Tip Rating:

By Mahieu on August 28, 2003

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Marcinelle, a small village in the suburbs of Charleroi, is the comic strip centre of Belgium. Therefore, you can find some statues of 'comic strip celebrities' on strategic places in Charleroi.
This one can be found at the entrance of the Astrid Park, the green lung of Charleroi.

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	Palace of fine Arts Tip Rating:

Updated By Mahieu on August 28, 2003

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The Palace of fine Arts (Palais des Beaux Arts) is to be found on the Place du Manège. It is a concert and theater hall.
On the Place du Manège and the surrounding streets, you'll find a lot of restaurants and pubs.

If you're descending l'Avenue de L'Europe, you'll arrive at the "Palais des Expositions", another hall that is used for events, expositions, conferences, ...

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By Mahieu on August 28, 2003

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The town hall is situated at the most important square of upper town Charleroi: Place Charles II. The townhall dates back to 1936 and houses the Fine Arts Museum and the Destree Museum. It is built in a neo-classicist style with art déco decorations on the inside.

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	Square at the Station Tip Rating:

Updated By Mahieu on August 28, 2003

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This is the square where you arrive when getting out of the station. Not that bad, is it? It has been renovated a couple of years ago.

Before we start the visit, you need to know that there are two different parts in the city: Upper town (ville haute) and Lower Town (ville basse) .

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	Jules Destree statue Tip Rating:

Updated By Mahieu on January 15, 2004

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This statue can be found on a little square on the Boulevard Audent. It represents Jules Destrée, a famous Walloon politician who played an important role in the region of Charleroi. If you want to know more about this person, you can visit the museum dedicated to him, in the town hall on the Place Charles II.

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	Le Mineur (The miner) Tip Rating:

Updated By Mahieu on August 28, 2003

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You can admire this statue on the bridge from the station to the city centre (Place Buisset)
It represents a miner. Charleroi and surroundings has been a very important mine region in the 19th and first half of the 20th century.
On the other side of the bridge there is a similar statue of a blacksmith.

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Updated By Mahieu on February 20, 2004

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The basilica is also situated on the Place Charles II, almost opposite the Town Hall. It was built at the end of the 17th century, in baroque style. Before, the basilica was a church, it became a basilica only in 1950.

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	There are a lot of caves... Tip Rating:

By thisisbanane on September 8, 2002

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There are a lot of caves around Charleroi, many of which are well worth a visit (when I remember the name of the ones I saw I'll type it in!!) . To get to the caves that I went to, you have to take a tram from the ticket office to the cave entrance, and I guy comes round and takes photos of the passengers with his little bird!

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	Palais des Beaux-Arts. The... Tip Rating:

By funkymama on August 25, 2002

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Palais des Beaux-Arts.
The Fine Arts Palace.
You can see some Exposition,Music events,Theater,Opera and Exploration,for more info see E-mail:info@pba.be

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Address: Avenue de l'Europe, 1 6000 Charleroi.

Other Contact: Ticket office and booking 32(0)7

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By funkymama on August 25, 2002

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Musée de la photographie à Charleroi.
Between Paris and Cologne, in the heart of French-speaking Belgium, at Charleroi, a converted neo-gothic Carmelite nunnery houses the Musée de la Photographie, containing over 60.000 images and 2.500 cameras, and offering a historic panorama of the medium, temporary exhibitions, a discovery area, library, documentation centre and boodshop. You will discover 2.000 square metres devoted to the whole history of photography, from the pioneers to contemporary artists, by way of pictorialists, modernists, surrealists and committed photo-journalists.

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Address: 11 avenue P. Pastur, 6032 Charleroi, Belgique.

Other Contact: The Museum is open every day fro

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