Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija
The property includes the mining sites of Almadén (Spain), where mercury (quicksilver) has been extracted since antiquity, and Idrija (Slovenia), where mercury was first found in AD1490. These two mining towns, whose origins date from ancient or Medieval times, demonstrate the lengthy period over which a socio-technical system of extraction specific to this metal was in operation, and the process of evolution it underwent. Controlling mercury extraction enabled control of the market, which very quickly became intercontinental in scope because of its decisive role in the extraction of silver from deposits in the New World.The sites bear testimony to the intercontinental trade in mercury which generated important exchanges between Europe and America over the centuries. Together they represent the two largest mercury mines in the world, operational until recent times. The site in Idrija notably features mercury stores and infrastructure, as well as miners’ living quarters, and a miners’ theatre. HOW TO GET THERE MUST SEE ASSOCIATED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Primorska chamber of commerce Ferrarska ulica 2, 6000 Koper – Capodistria, Slovenia Tel.:+386 5 66 25 830 E-mail: info@pgz-slo.si Web: https://pgz-slo.si/chamber-of-commerce/ https://www.forumaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pgz-logo-300×124.png
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
This serial property of 111 small individual sites encompasses the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. Excavations, only conducted in some of the sites, have yielded evidence that provides insight into life in prehistoric times during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Alpine Europe and the way communities interacted with their environment. The series of prehistoric pile-dwelling sites represents the well defined geographic area within which these sites are found to its full extent, as well as all the cultural groups in it during the time period during which the pile dwellings existed. It therefore comprises the complete cultural context of the archaeological phenomena. The sites selected have been chosen to be those that still remain largely intact, as well as to reflect the diversity of structures, groups of structures and time-periods. Two of these sites are located in Slovenia, near the Ižica River. HOW TO GET THERE MUST SEE ASSOCIATED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Primorska chamber of commerce Ferrarska ulica 2, 6000 Koper – Capodistria, Slovenia Tel.:+386 5 66 25 830 E-mail: info@pgz-slo.si Web: https://pgz-slo.si/chamber-of-commerce/ https://www.forumaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pgz-logo-300×124.png
Antiche E Primordiali Faggete Dei Carpazi E Di Altre Regioni D’Europa
This transboundary property stretches over 12 countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European Beech has spread from a few isolated refuge areas in the Alps, Carpathians, Dinarides, Mediterranean and Pyrenees over a short period of a few thousand years in a process that is still ongoing. The successful expansion across a whole continent is related to the tree’s adaptability and tolerance of different climatic, geographical and physical conditions.They represent an outstanding example of anthropogenically undisturbed, complex temperate forests and exhibit the most complete and comprehensive ecological patterns and processes of pure and mixed stands of European beech across a variety of environmental conditions. With their 92,023.24 ha, they contain an invaluable genetic reservoir of beech and many species associated and dependent on these forest habitats. HOW TO GET THERE MUST SEE ASSOCIATED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Primorska chamber of commerce Ferrarska ulica 2, 6000 Koper – Capodistria, Slovenia Tel.:+386 5 66 25 830 E-mail: info@pgz-slo.si Web: https://pgz-slo.si/chamber-of-commerce/ https://www.forumaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pgz-logo-300×124.png
Škocjan Caves
Škocjan Caves Regional Park is situated in the Kras Plateau of South-West Slovenia. The protected area of 413 ha conserves an exceptional limestone cave system which comprises one of the world’s largest known underground river canyons, that was cut into the limestone bedrock by the Reka River. This exceptional system of limestone caves comprises collapsed dolines, some 6 km of underground passages with a total depth of more than 200 m, many waterfalls, and one of the largest known underground chambers. The site, located in the Kras region, is one of the most famous in the world for the study of karstic phenomena. In the drier ceilings and walls of the canyon, limestone deposition from dripping water has been shaping astonishing stalagmites and stalactites, such as the so-called Giants in Velika Dvorana (“Great Chamber”) and the magnificent rimstone pools in Dvorana Ponvic (“Chamber of Rimstone Pools”), equally impressive manifestations of calcite deposits. The famous pools have been attracting scientists and artists ever since their formal discovery in 1888, and their representations came to epitomize the otherworldly beauty of the Škocjan Caves. The main channel of the celebrated underground river resurfaces in two picturesque collapsed dolines named Velika and Mala which the breath-taking view has never ceased to fascinate visitors, artists, and scientists. HOW TO GET THERE MUST SEE ASSOCIATED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Primorska chamber of commerce Ferrarska ulica 2, 6000 Koper – Capodistria, Slovenia Tel.:+386 5 66 25 830 E-mail: info@pgz-slo.si Web: https://pgz-slo.si/chamber-of-commerce/ https://www.forumaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pgz-logo-300×124.png