Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
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| Blaenavon Industrial Landscape * | |
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 View of Big Pit Mining Museum |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Reference | 984 |
| Region ** | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2000 (24th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO |
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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Blaenavon, Wales.[1]
The site includes coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway system, furnaces, workers' homes, and the social infrastructure of the community.[1]
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History [change]
The town of Blaenavon and 3,290 hectares in the region of the town were named a World Heritage Site in 2000.[2] The area around Blaenavon shows of the importance of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century.[1]
Gallery [change]
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Big Pit, 1987
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Blaenavon High Level Station, 1965
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Blaenavon Low Level Station, 1965
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Related pages [change]
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 UNESCO, "Blaenavon Industrial Landscape"; retireved 2012-4-20 Archived 18 January 2010 at WebCite
- ↑ Blaenavon World Heritage Site, "World Heritage Status". Retrieved 2012-4-20.
Other websites [change]
Media related to Blaenavon at Wikimedia Commons- Blaenavon World Heritage Site website
Media related to Coordinates: 51°46′25″N 3°04′58″W / 51.77363°N 3.08278°W
