Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun World Heritage Site

Official name

Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun | UNESCO

Country

Sweden | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Town of Falun, Dalarna Province
60.6047° Lat, 15.6308° Lon | Map

Code

1027

Time Zone

Europe/Stockholm (CEST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2001. 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 of Falun with its many fine historic buildings, together with the industrial and domestic remains of a number of settlements spread over a wide area of the Dalarna region, provide a vivid picture of what was for centuries one of the world's most important mining areas.