HERITAGE RECORD · 697

Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church

耶灵墓地、古北欧石刻和教堂

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic stone and the church illustrate the Christianization of the Danish people towards the middle of the 10th century.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ4993586 ↗

Administrative areaQ28150

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Selection criteria

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

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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