Salt

Connected Sites: 23

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Connected Sites

  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.79
    127
    7
  • Lübeck
    Lübeck
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.19
    277
    9
    Salt storehouses
  • Timbuktu
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.45
    27
    2
    Salt trade
  • Regensburg
    Regensburg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.07
    281
    9
    Salzstadl (1597), a warehouse for salt on Stadamthof
  • Grand Canal
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.95
    163
    10
    Yangzhou - 2 elements within this city are the "Salt Ancestral Temple" and the "Former Residence of Lu Shaoxu, a Salt Merchant". A major role of the Canal was to transport salt from south to north. Yangzhou was the administrative center of the Lianghuai sector of the Government's Salt monopoly during the Ming period. See
    See www.disegnoindustriale.net
  • Avignon
    Avignon
    France
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.63
    359
    9
    At the foot of the bridge there used to be a salt store. It was located on a salt trade route.
  • Peninsula Valdes
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.55
    58
    10
    34-km. narrow gauge railway line from Puerto Pirámides to the salt ponds, known as Salinas Grandes (1901-1920)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ibiza
    Ibiza
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.77
    127
    5
    Ses Salines
  • Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.71
    41
    6
    "Taepyeong Salterns, the largest saltern in Korea, the Stone Salt Silo, which is now used as the Salt Museum (both located in Jeongdo, Sinan-gun) are designated as Registered Cultural Heritage of Korea. In addition, Jeong-do, Sinan-gun is designated as a Tidal Flats Provincial Park in Korea, and is also a member of Cittaslow." - UNESCO Description Salterns "The saltpans in the buffer zone of the coastal areas of Shinan Getbol produce sun-dried salt using traditional methods. As of 2015, 944 saltpan farmers have obtained permits for their farms of 2,969 ha in total. These saltpans are environmentally harmless and do not cause any damage to the OUV of the nominated property." - Nomination File Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
  • Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.73
    337
    18
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    199
    11
    The lower part of the Palazzo dei Priori in Montalcino was originally used as a salt warehouse.
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Tokaji Wine Region
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.53
    123
    8
    Tokaj was an important medievil centre of the salt trade.
  • Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley
    Inscribed: 2018
    3.00
    43
    5
    Cuthá or Quiotepec archaeological sites and Salinas Las Grandes located in the Zapotitlán-Cuicatlán component site reflect much later traces of political, religious and residential features, reflecting the lifestyle of the during the times the pottery and salt industry developed. Salt not only improved food, but also had a sacramental value (AB ev)
  • Salzburg
    Salzburg
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.75
    453
    17
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    The Priory of Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire had a salt attic.
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.61
    244
    16
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    443
    16
    Two former salt production sites of the Untere and Obere Saline (lower and upper saltworks) in Bad Kissingen
  • Fortifications of Vauban
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    265
    18
    Saint-Martin-de-Ré: "Durant le XVIIIe siècle, le port est très actif avec le commerce du sel, du vin et des eaux de vie." (wiki fr)
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    "Comacchio was a major salt producer, but its expansion was halted by the depredations of the Venetians." (1999 AB Ev) The contest over the commerce of salt was also one of the reasons of the War of Ferrara, also called the Salt War (1482-1484), between Ferrara and the Papal Forces, allied with Venice.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Danube Limes
    Danube Limes
    Austria, Germany, Slovakia
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.06
    246
    6
    Tulln – Kastell Hufeisenturm (ID No 27a): "Component part 27a is a late Roman horseshoe tower of the western front, which is preserved to the rooftop, whose excellent preservation is due to the Medieval re‐use as a stacking area for salt in the Danube region of Tulln." (Nomination file, p. 76) + Traismauer (ID No 25a-e): A trade route (iron and salt) approaching from the Mur valley in Styria met the Danube at Traismauer, crossed it and joined two old long-distance routes on the north bank, the so-called Manhartsberglinie and the Kamptalweg.
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Dacian Limes
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.01
    62
    3
    "Sector 4 (northern limes) consists of seventy-six component parts (in three counties), including.. salt quarries," (AB ev)
  • Agadez
    Agadez
    Niger
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.96
    10
    2
    It also formed part of the Saharan 'Salt Route' leading towards the Sahel in Africa (AB ev)
  • Ancient Ksour
    Ancient Ksour
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.05
    23
    3
    Oualata (Walata) was a centre of salt trade.