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Old Town Lunenburg
UNESCO site
Date of Insscription:
1995
Old Town Lunenburg is the best
surviving example of a planned British colonial settlement in North America.
Established in 1753, it has retained its original layout and overall
appearance, based on a rectangular grid pattern drawn up in the home country.
The inhabitants have safeguarded the town’s identity throughout the centuries
by preserving the wooden architecture of the houses and public buildings, some
of which date from the 18th century and constitute an excellent example of a
sustained vernacular architectural tradition. Its economic basis has
traditionally been the offshore Atlantic fishery, the future of which is highly
questionable at the present time.
Criterion (iv): Old Town
Lunenburg is a well-preserved example of 18th century British colonial urban
planning, which has undergone no significant changes since its foundation, and
which largely continues to fulfil the economic and social purposes for which it
was designed. Of special importance is its diversified and well-preserved
vernacular architectural tradition, which spans over 250 years.
Criterion (v): Old Town Lunenburg
is an excellent example of an urban community and culture designed for and
based on the offshore Atlantic fishery which is undergoing irreversible change
and is evolving in a form that cannot yet be fully defined..
Source: unesco.org
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