Visit : Museum/Discover, Industrial Heritage

MINING AND NAIL MAKING MUSEUM - GASHOLDER

Address:
Château Bivort
6140 FONTAINE-L'EVEQUE
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Tel.: +32 (0) 71 54 81 58
Fax: +32 (0) 71 54 05 35
Email : tourisme@villedefontaine.be

Nail Making Museum - 170 years ago, Fontaine-l'Evêque was a blazing centre of nail making, renowned all over the world for its nail manufacturing, both for its quality and diversity.
Mining Museum - Professors, engineers and miners accomplished the reconstruction of the mine in a subterranean gallery of the seigniorial Castle.
The Gasholder - Thanks to Pierre-Camille Montigny, Fontaine l'Evêque was one of the first Belgian cities to have coal-gas lighting.