#ESACHeritage - "Places that connect"
This Thursday we want to navigate the 'Canal du Midi' ( #France)
This 360-km network of navigable waterways linking the Mediterranean and the Atlantic through 328 structures (locks, aqueducts, bridges, tunnels, etc.) is one of the most remarkable feats of civil engineering in modern times. Built...
#ESACHeritage - "Places that connect" #WorldHeritage
Today, world heritage day, we stay in the north to talk about the Struve Geodetic Arc ( #Belarus, #Estonia, #Finland, #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Norway, Republic of #Moldova, Russian Federation, #Sweden and #Ukraine)
The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway...
#ESACHeritage - "Places that connect" #WorldHeritage
Going north, we find Røros Mining Town and the Circumference ( #Norway/ #Norge)
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is linked to the copper mines, established in the 17th century and exploited for 333 years until 1977. The site comprises the Town and its industrial-rural cultural...
