HERITAGE RECORD · 004

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

拉安斯欧克斯梅多国家历史遗址

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

At the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, the remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement are evidence of the first European presence in North America. The excavated remains of wood-framed peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ189113 ↗

Area8056 ha

Administrative areaQ2003

WikipediaL'Anse aux Meadows ↗

Chinese Wikipedia蘭塞奧茲牧草地 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

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Cultural archive

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Brief synthesis L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site contains the excavated remains of a complete 11th-century Viking settlement, the earliest evidence of Europeans in North America.

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