Tanum

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Tanum is a municipality in western Sweden’s Västra Götaland County, known for its UNESCO-listed Bronze Age rock carvings at Tanum World Heritage Site.

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Tanumshede 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
administrativeCenter Tanum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tanumshede
country Sweden
countrySubdivisionType municipality of Sweden
governingBody Tanum Municipality Council
hasCoastlineOn Skagerrak
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO cultural site
hasLandscapeFeature archipelago
granite outcrops
rocky coastline
hasMuseum Vitlycke Museum
hasNotableSettlement Fjällbacka
Grebbestad
Hamburgsund
Tanum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tanumshede
hasRockCarvingsFrom Bronze Age
hasSignificantArchaeologicalSite Vitlycke
hasWorldHeritageSite Tanum rock carvings
surface form: Rock Carvings in Tanum

Tanum rock carvings
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageTheme Nordic Bronze Age
knownFor Bronze Age rock carvings
Tanum World Heritage Site
languageUsed Swedish
locatedIn Bohuslän
Västra Götaland County
western Sweden
locatedNorthOf Gothenburg
locatedOn Scandinavian Peninsula
partOf Swedish municipality system
Västra Götaland County
surface form: Västra Götaland County municipalities
region Götaland
rockCarvingsDepict animals
humans
ritual scenes
ships
weapons
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
UNESCOCountry Sweden
UNESCOInscriptionReason evidence of life and beliefs in the Nordic Bronze Age
outstanding example of Bronze Age rock art
UNESCORegion Europe and North America
UNESCOSiteType cultural

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Tanum administrativeCenter Tanum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tanumshede
Tanum hasNotableSettlement Tanum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tanumshede