Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural landscape

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Wales that preserves an extensive 19th-century coal mining and ironworking complex illustrating the region’s pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution.

Aliases (1)

Big Pit National Coal Museum ×2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → cultural landscape →
contains	Big Pit National Coal Museum → Blaenavon Ironworks → Blaenavon town → Cwmavon → Garn-yr-erw quarries → Hafod Arch → Hill’s Tramroad → Pwll Du quarries → Pwll Du tunnel → canal remains → industrial transport network → railway remains → tramroads → workers’ housing →
country	United Kingdom →
governingBody	Cadw → Torfaen County Borough Council →
hasPart	Big Pit colliery → Blaenavon Ironworks blast furnaces → canal wharves → coal mines → iron ore mines → limestone quarries → managerial housing → railway inclines → religious buildings → schools → tramway systems → workers’ settlements →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
inscriptionYear	2000 →
locatedIn	Blaenavon → Torfaen → Wales →
locatedInProtectedArea	Brecon Beacons National Park buffer zone →
notableFor	coal mining → iron and coal production → ironworking →
partOf	World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom →
significantEvent	Industrial Revolution →
significantPeriod	19th century →
theme	industrial heritage → iron and steel industry history → mining heritage →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) → (iv) → (vi) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	984 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape ("Big Pit National Coal Museum") →	contains
Torfaen →	containsHeritageSite
Wales →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales ("Big Pit National Coal Museum") →	operatesMuseum
Torfaen →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSite