Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland World Heritage Site

Official name

Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | UNESCO

Country

Sweden | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Kalmar County, Island of Öland
56.3250° Lat, 16.4833° Lon | Map

Code

968

Time Zone

Europe/Stockholm (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2000. The southern part of the island of Öland 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 consequence, the landscape is unique, with abundant evidence of continuous human settlement from prehistoric times to the present day.