Krzemionki is a group of four mining sites located in the mountain region of Swietokzyskie near Kielce, Poland. The property, dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze age (3900 to 1600 BCE), features one of the world’s most comprehensive prehistoric underground flint extraction and processing systems. Lint was used mainly for axe-making.
With its underground mining structures, flint workshops, and close to 4,000 mine shafts and pits, Krzeminonki bear testimony to the importance of flint mining for tool production in human history.
Poland nominated the Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Plint Mining Region for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in early 2018, and later in the year an ICOMOS expert visited the site and gave a positive recommendation. The decision to add Krzemionki Opatowskie to the World Heritage List was made during the 43 session of the World Heritage Committee held in Baku (Azerbaijan).
The Krzemionki mining complex is the sixteenth site in Poland included in the World Heritage List.
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