Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun

Brief Description

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.

Sweden

Town of Falun, Dalarna Province

N60 36 16.992 E15 37 50.988

Date of Inscription: 2001

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(v)

Property : 43 ha

Buffer zone: 3,500 ha

Ref: 1027

Source: http://whc.unesco.org