Engelsberg Ironworks - World Heritage Site
October 30th 2014 Engelsberg - one of Sweden's World Heritage Sites
Sweden's World Heritage sites includes marvelous architecture, such as the Hanseatic Town of Visby and Drottningholm Palace, wonderful nature, such as the High Coast and Laponia, and historical sites, such as the Viking Town Birka and Tanum Rock Carvings. This blog entry however is about one of the lesser known and consequently als
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Dancing Dave
David Hooper
Engelsberg
“Sweden's production of superior grades of iron made it a leader in this field in the 17th and 18th centuries. This site is the best-preserved and most complete example of this type of Swedish ironworks.” When its all gone Ake this little baby will live on. Fascinating blog on the pioneers of industry that carved so much of the history of Europe. Lest we forget.