L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1978 som kulturarv i Canada. Platsen hör till regionen Europe and North America.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 1978.

UNESCOAt the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, the remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement are evidence of the first European presence in North America. The excavated remains of wood-framed peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland.