ðə bˈɛlfɹiz ʌv bˈɛldʒəm ænd fɹˈæns ɑːɹ ɐ ɡɹˈuːp ʌv fˈɪfti sˈɪks hɪstˈɔːɹɪkəl bˈɪldɪŋz dˈɛzɪɡnˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ʌnˈɛskoʊ æz wˈɜːld hˈɛɹɪɾɪdʒ sˈaɪts, ɪn ɹˌɛkəɡnˈɪʃən ʌvðə sˈɪvɪk ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn tʃˈɜːtʃ bˈɛlfɹiz sˈɜːvɪŋ æz ɐn ˌɑːɹkɪtˈɛktʃɚɹəl mˌænɪfɪstˈeɪʃən ʌv ɪmˈɜːdʒɪŋ sˈɪvɪk ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns fɹʌm fjˈuːdəl ænd ɹᵻlˈɪdʒəs ˈɪnfluːənsᵻz ɪnðə fˈɔːɹmɚ kˈaʊnti ʌv flˈændɚz pɹˈɛzəntdˈeɪ fɹˈɛntʃ flˈændɚz ˈɛɹiə ʌv fɹˈæns ænd flˈændɚz ɹˈiːdʒən ʌv bˈɛldʒəm ænd nˈeɪbɚɹɪŋ ˈɛɹiəz wˌɪtʃ wˈʌns wɜː pəzˈɛʃənz ʌvðə hˈaʊs ʌv bˈɜːɡʌndi ɪn pɹˈɛzəntdˈeɪ wɔlˈoʊniə ʌv bˈɛldʒəm.
The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites, in recognition of the civic (rather than church) belfries serving as an architectural manifestation of emerging civic independence from feudal and religious influences in the former County of Flanders (present-day French Flanders area of France and Flanders region of Belgium) and neighbouring areas which once were possessions of the House of Burgundy (in present-day Wallonia of Belgium).