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Visit Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin, France (UNESCO sites)

UNESCO calls it a "remarkable cultural landscape", the remnants of a once-thriving mining industry in northern France now included among the world's greatest landmarks as part of the organization’s listing of World Heritage Sites. Coal was extracted from the pits that dot the region from the 17th to the 20th centuries until the economy brought the industry to a halt. The...