法伦大矿坑庞大的开采挖掘是其最惊人的景观,表现了该地区的采矿活动至少开始于13世纪。17世纪开始规划的法伦镇有许多精美的历史性建筑,加之达拉纳地区工业经济时代和家庭经济时代的大量居民遗址,展示给世人一幅几个世纪前世界上最重要的采矿区的生动画面。
The property includes five aflaj irrigation systems and is representative of some 3,000 such systems still in use in Oman. The origins of this system of irrigation may date back to AD 500, but archaeological evidence suggests that irrigation systems existed in this extremely arid area as early as 2500 BC. Using gravity, water is channelled from underground sources or springs to support agriculture and domestic use. The fair and effective management and sharing of water in villages and towns is still underpinned by mutual dependence and communal values and guided by astronomical observations. Numerous watchtowers built to defend the water systems form part of the site reflecting the historic dependence of communities on the aflaj system. Threatened by falling level of the underground water table, the aflaj represent an exceptionally well-preserved form of land use.
国别 | 瑞典 Sweden |
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中文名称 | 法伦的大铜山采矿区 |
英文名称 | Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun |
遗产类别 | 文化遗产 |
登录年份 | 2001 |
选入标准 | (ii)(iii)(v) |