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Engelsberg Ironworks
| Site number: | 556 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | 17-18th century | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1993 | |
| Location: | Europe, Sweden, Västmanland | |
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| Description: | In the 17th and 18th centuries Sweden was a leader in the iron field, owing to its production of superior grades of iron. Engelsberg Ironworks is the best-preserved and most complete site featuring this sort of Swedish ironworks. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| Engelsberg Ironworks is an ironworks in Engelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland, Sweden. It was built in 1681 and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700-1800. It is today listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/556 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |