L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
拉安斯欧克斯梅多国家历史遗址
🇮🇹 Canada📅 1978 Inscribed
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At 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.
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The only known Viking settlement in North America (excluding Greenland), dating to around the year 1000.
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The site contains eight timber-framed turf structures, including dwellings, a forge, and four workshops.
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The remnants correspond with the stories told in the Vinland Sagas, providing archaeological evidence of Viking exploration in North America.
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