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Falun Mine

Cultural World Heritage property in Sweden, inscribed in 2001 under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv), (v).

Falun Mine, Sweden
Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Sweden
Year of inscription
2001
Criteria
iiiiiivv
Area of property
43 ha
Location
Falun Municipality
What it is
mining community, copper mine
Founded or built
1000
Component parts
7 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1027 · Wikidata Q636194

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(iv)An outstanding example of a building type, ensemble or landscape that illustrates a significant stage in human history.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
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Engelsberg Ironworks, Sweden74 kmEngelsberg IronworksSweden · 1993CulturalDecorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland, Sweden126 kmDecorated Farmhouses of HälsinglandSweden · 2012CulturalBirka and Hovgården, Sweden177 kmBirka and HovgårdenSweden · 1993CulturalDrottningholm Palace, Sweden190 kmDrottningholm PalaceSweden · 1991CulturalSkogskyrkogården, Sweden202 kmSkogskyrkogårdenSweden · 1994CulturalRøros Mining Town and the Circumference, Norway314 kmRøros Mining Town and the CircumferenceNorway · 1980Cultural
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