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Unesco: Sweden: Engelsberg Ironworks
Sweden's production of superior grades of iron made it a leader in this field in the 17th and 18th centuries. This site is the best-preserved and most complete example of this type of Swedish ironworks.
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Unesco: Sweden: Varberg Radio Station
Varberg Radio Station at Grimeton in southern Sweden (built 1922-24)
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Unesco: Sweden: Rock Carvings in Tanum
The rock carvings in Tanum, in the north of Bohuslan, are a unique artistic achievement not only for their rich and varied motifs (depictions of humans and animals, weapons, boats and other subjects) but also for their cultural and...
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Unesco: Sweden: Royal Domain of Drottningholm
The Royal Domain of Drottningholm stands on an island in Lake Malar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its castle, perfectly preserved theatre (built in 1766), Chinese pavilion and gardens, it is the finest example of an 18th-century north...
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Unesco: Sweden: Church Village of Gammelstad, Lulea
Gammelstad, at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, is the best-preserved example of a 'church village', a unique kind of village formerly found throughout northern Scandinavia. The 424 wooden houses, huddled round the early 15th-century...
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Unesco: Sweden: Agricultural Landscape of Southern Oland
The southern part of the island of Oland in the Baltic Sea is dominated by a vast limestone plateau. Human beings have lived here for some five thousand years and adapted their way of life to the physical constraints of the island. As a...
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Unesco: Sweden: Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
The enormous mining excavation known as the Great Pit at Falun is the most striking feature of a landscape that illustrates the activity of copper production in this region since at least the 13th century. The 17th-century planned town...