What is Belfries of Belgium and France?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site|image=World Heritage belfries map.svg|image_upright=1.2|caption=Belfry locations|Includes=56 [[Belfry (architecture)|belfries]]|Location=[[Belgium]]; north of [[France]]|Type=Cultural|Criteria=(ii), (iv)|ID=943|Year=1999|Extension=2005}} [[File:Belfort_Brugge.jpg|right|thumb|270x270px|[[Belfry of Bruges]]]] [[File:Aalst_belfry.jpg|right|thumb|270x270px|[[Schepenhuis, Aalst]]]] [[File:The_Cloth_Hall,_Ypres,_Belgium.jpg|right|thumb|230x230px|[[Cloth Hall, Ypres]]]] [[File:Tournai_JPG02.jpg|thumb|240x240px|[[Belfry of Tournai]]]] [[File:Mons_beffroi_JPG01B.jpg|thumb|244x244px|[[Belfry of Mons]]]] The '''Belfries of Belgium and France''' are a group of 56 [[History|historical]] buildings. They are part of [[UNESCO]] [[Lists of World Heritage Sites in Europe|World Heritage Sites in Europe]]. It shows a design change from [[Feudalism|feudal]] and religious influence in [[County of Flanders|historic Flanders]] and its neighboring regions of the [[Duchy of Burgundy]]. UNESCO included 32 towers of '''Belfries of [[Flanders]] and [[Wallonia]]''' in 1999. In 2005, the [[bell tower]] of [[Gembloux]] in the [[Wallonia|Walloon Region]] of Belgium and 23 others from the [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] and [[Picardy]] regions were added to the renamed list. [[Brussels Town Hall]] and its bell tower were not included since was already part of the Grand Place [[World Heritage Site]]. Additional six church towers were also added since they served as watchtowers or alarm bell towers. These include [[Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp|Cathedral of Our Lady]] in Antwerp, [[St. Rumbolds Cathedral]] in [[Mechelen]], [[St. Peter's Church, Leuven]], St. Germanus Church in [[Tienen]], the [[Basilica of Our Lady, Tongeren|Basilica of Our Lady]] in [[Tongeren]] and [[St. Leonard's Church, Zoutleeuw|St. Leonard's Church]] in [[Zoutleeuw]]. Most of the buildings in the list are [[Tower|towers]] from bigger buildings. A few of them are [[Building restoration|restoration]] of towers previously connected to nearby bigge