This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Sankt-Vith . This list is part of Belgium's national heritage.
Object | Year/architect | Town/section | Address | Coordinates | Number | Image |
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Mother of God Church in Neundorf (nl)(de) | Crombach Sankt Vith | 50°16′03″N6°05′33″E / 50.267573°N 6.092467°E | 31033 Info | |||
Old school: the walls and roof, except that part built in 1911, the vaulted cellar, its stairs and spring (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°18′15″N6°06′13″E / 50.304237°N 6.103519°E | 31035 Info | |||
Church St. Aldegundis: tower with its onion-dome and neighboring buildings from the 18th century, the choir with windows, roof, pillars, columns and pilasters (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°20′06″N6°02′36″E / 50.334974°N 6.043348°E | 31037 Info | |||
Maria Chapel (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°20′15″N6°02′39″E / 50.337611°N 6.044053°E | 31038 Info | |||
Bakery (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°19′31″N6°03′36″E / 50.325308°N 6.060021°E | 31036 Info | |||
Sheep Bridge (Schapenbrug) (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°19′59″N6°02′11″E / 50.333134°N 6.036273°E | 31039 Info | |||
Rodter Buchen (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°17′20″N6°03′35″E / 50.288883°N 6.059663°E | 31050 Info | |||
Saint Anthony's Church tower and choir (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°15′33″N6°04′06″E / 50.259251°N 6.068384°E | 31026 Info | |||
St. Lawrence Church and Vrijthof wall in Mackenbach (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°17′01″N6°13′45″E / 50.283690°N 6.229179°E | 31034 Info | |||
Büchelturm tower gate (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°16′47″N6°07′29″E / 50.279658°N 6.124843°E | 31040 Info | |||
Antoniusbaum area (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°16′48″N6°11′14″E / 50.279986°N 6.187193°E | 31049 Info | |||
Castle Wallerode (walls and roof) (nl)(de) | Recht Sankt Vith | 50°17′49″N6°09′19″E / 50.296960°N 6.155279°E | 31003 Info | |||
St. Bartholomew's Chapel in Wiesenbach with 13 linden trees, cemetery and wall (nl)(de) | Lommersweiler Sankt Vith | Wiesenbach | 50°15′54″N6°08′29″E / 50.265022°N 6.141518°E | 30998 Info | ||
The Belgian-Prussian border markers 93-111 (several municipalities) (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°18′31″N6°00′47″E / 50.308639°N 6.013061°E | 31215 Info | |||
Tumulus Schinkelsknopf (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith Sankt Vith | 50°15′12″N6°06′48″E / 50.253305°N 6.113399°E | 31299 Info | |||
Burial mound "An bzw. Auf der Lie" (nl)(de) | Sankt Vith | 50°15′55″N6°06′12″E / 50.265386°N 6.103370°E | 31490 Info |
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