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Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
The most striking feature of the landscape is the Great Pit of Falun, which shows copper mining activity in the area since at least the 13th century. The 17th-century planned town of Falun, with its many fine historic buildings and the remains of industry and life in the many settlements spread over a wide area of the Dalarna region, vividly illustrates what was for centuries one of the world's most important mining regions.
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Much of Cornwall and West Devon’s landscape was transformed by the rapid development of copper and tin mining in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Its deep underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns, small farms, ports and harbours, and their supporting industries, together reflect a wealth of innovation that enabled the region to produce two-thirds of the world’s copper in the early 19th century. Numerous remains bear witness to Cornwall and West Devon’s contribution to the Industrial Revolution in the rest of Britain, and the region’s fundamental influence on the mining world as a whole. Cornish technology such as engines, engine houses and mining equipment was exported around the world. Cornwall and West Devon was at the heart of the rapid spread of mining technology.
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference
The mining town of Røros and the surrounding area are associated with copper mining, which began in the 17th century and was worked for 333 years until 1977. The site includes the town and its industrial rural cultural landscape, the smelter Femundshytta and its associated areas, and winter transport routes. Røros was destroyed by Swedish troops in 1679 and has since been completely rebuilt, with around 2,000 one- and two-storey wooden houses and a smelter. Many of the buildings retain their black wooden façades, giving the town a medieval appearance. The site is surrounded by a buffer zone that coincides with the privileged zone (periphery) granted to mining companies by the Danish-Norwegian Crown (1646), demonstrating a lasting culture based on copper mining that was established and flourished in a remote, climatically harsh region.