"Remarkable as a landscape shaped over three centuries of coal extraction
from the 1700s to the 1900s, the site consists of 109 separate
components over 120,000 ha. It features mining pits (the oldest of which
dates from 1850) and lift infrastructure, slag heaps (some of which
cover 90 ha and exceed 140 m in height), coal transport infrastructure,
railway stations, workers’ estates and mining villages including social
habitat, schools, religious buildings, health and community facilities,
company premises, owners and managers’ houses, town halls and more. The
site bears testimony to the quest to create model workers’ cities from
the mid 19th century to the 1960s and further illustrates a significant
period in the history of industrial Europe. It documents the living
conditions of workers and the solidarity to which it gave rise." -http://whc.unesco.org/
Hi Fred! Merci beaucoup for this wonderful, surprise postcard!
I am so happy to have this in addition to my collection!
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