Historical place profile
Alburnus Maior
A settlement and gold mining complex at modern Roşia Montană in Romania. The Roșia Montană Mining Landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:281718504
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:281718504
- Place type
- mine-2, settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 46.306253, 23.130985
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A settlement and gold mining complex at modern Roşia Montană in Romania. The Roșia Montană Mining Landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: BAtlas 21 F3 Alburnus Maior
Source and reuse
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Research path
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