Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Mons, Belgium

The Church of Saint-Nicolas-en-Havré is a Roman Catholic church in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. The third church in the district of Havré, in the eastern part of the city of Mons, the current building was built at the beginning of the eighteenth century. A place of worship for the local Catholic community, the church has been classified as a monument since 15 April 1939, while its organ case and eighteenth-century furniture have been on the list of exceptional heritage of the Walloon Region since 2016.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Nicolas-en-Havré (FR), Heritage Website

The Church of Sainte-Élisabeth is a religious building located on rue de Nimy, about a hundred meters from the Grand-Place in Mons, Belgium. A chapel built in the fourteenth century gave way to a Gothic building in the sixteenth, then baroque in the eighteenth century. Closed during the French revolutionary period, it became a Catholic parish again in 1803.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Élisabeth de Mons (FR), Heritage Website

The Mons City Hall is a public building located in the city of Mons, in the province of Hainaut (Belgium). Classified as a monument on 30 March 1936, it has been on the list of exceptional heritage of the Walloon Region since 2009.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de ville de Mons (FR), Heritage Website

The Chapel of Saint-Calixte is a former religious building built in the eleventh century and remodelled in the fourteenth century, located in the historic centre of the city of Mons in Belgium. Chapel of the castle of the Counts of Hainaut. Now deconsecrated, it is part of the Mons Belfry site and can be visited during guided tours.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Calixte de Mons (FR), Heritage Website

The Belfry of Mons is one of the more recent among the belfries of Belgium and France. At a height of 87 metres (285 ft), it dominates the city of Mons, Belgium, which is itself constructed on a hill. This belfry, classified in Belgium since 15 January 1936, belongs to the major cultural patrimony of Wallonia. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 1 December 1999, for its unique architecture, civic importance, and testimony to the birth of municipal influence and power in the area. It is the only one in Belgium that is constructed in Baroque style.

Wikipedia: Belfry of Mons (EN), Website, Heritage Website

The remains of the castral enclosure of the old county castle of Mons are the remains of fortifications erected towards the end of the 12th century and located in the center of the city of Mons in the province of Hainaut (Belgium). They surround the castle park.

Wikipedia: Enceinte castrale de l'ancien château comtal de Mons (FR)

The Canon Puissant Museum comes from the collection of Canon Edmond Puissant who bequeathed his collection to the city of Mons in 1933. This donation consisted of a collection of objects and two buildings.

Wikipedia: Musée Chanoine Puissant (FR)

The Regional Museum of Natural Sciences is a natural history museum located in Mons, Belgium. Founded in 1839, it mainly includes collections in zoology and now has more than 10,000 pieces.

Wikipedia: Musée d'histoire naturelle de Mons (FR)

Antoine Clesse (30 May 1816 – 9 March 1889) was a Belgian poet and songwriter.

Wikipedia: Antoine Clesse (FR)

The Mundaneum was an institution which aimed to gather together all the world's knowledge and classify it according to a system called the Universal Decimal Classification. It was developed at the turn of the 20th century by Belgian lawyers Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine. The Mundaneum has been identified as a milestone in the history of data collection and management, and as a precursor to the Internet.

Wikipedia: Mundaneum (EN), Website