Tags: World Heritage Site.

The Rock Carvings in Tanum (Swedish: Hällristningsområdet i Tanum) near Tanumshede Bohuslän Sweden has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of the high concentration of petroglyphs. One of the larger rocks of Nordic Bronze Age petroglyphs in Scandinavia the Vitlyckehäll is located in Tanumshede.In total there are thousands of images called the Tanum petroglyphs on about 600 panels within the World Heritage Area.

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id
557
region
Lists of World Heritage Sites
latitude
58.7011
longitude
11.3411

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