Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland

Cultural
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
Photo: Sinikka Halme / CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Sweden
Year inscribed2000
Criteria(iv) (v)

Overview

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.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0