Seaweed Houses and Sea-salt Huts

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Seaweed Houses and Sea-salt Huts, Laesoe Island is part of the Tentative list of Denmark in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

The Seaweed Houses and Sea-salt Huts on Laesoe Island comprises a series of distinctive landscapes and sites, including shallow sea where eelgrass continues to grow. 1,700 archaeological sites of medieval sea-salt production huts have been uncovered. Also, some 30 half-timbered farmhouses with extraordinary eelgrass roofs remain.

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Full Name
Seaweed Houses and Sea-salt Huts, Laesoe Island
Country
Denmark
Added
2023
Type
Cultural
Categories
Cultural Landscape - Relict
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2023 Added to Tentative List

The site has 3 locations

Seaweed Houses and Sea-salt Huts: Museumsgården (T)
Seaweed Houses and Sea-salt Huts: Hedvigs Hus (T)
Seaweed Houses and Sea-salt Huts: Rønnerne (T)

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