Añana Salt Valley Foundation / Fundación Valle Salado de Añana
- Cultural Route
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- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
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- Spain
- Member Category
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- Heritage Site
- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- N/D
- Contact Details
- Plaza Miguel Díaz de Tuesta, 1
ES-01426 Salinas de Añana
Tel: n.d.
Website: www.vallesalado.com
Email: info[at]vallesalado.eus
- Contact Person
- N/D
- Main Town/Region
- Añana (Araba/Álava, Basque Country)
- Site Town/Region
- Añana (Araba/Álava, Basque Country)
- Main GPS Location
- 42.802402, -2.986556
- Site GPS Location
- 42.802120, -2.986186
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List: Valle Salado de Añana (2012) (whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5693)
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- The Valley of Salinas de Añana is home to one of the oldest salt production sites in the world. The process of its disappearance after almost 7,000 years of the uninterrupted production was reversed in 2009 when the Añana Salt Valley Foundation was established and charged with managing, recovering, and enhancing the site. Among the key goals of the Foundation is to promote the local salt heritage and produce salt of the highest quality using traditional and sustainable techniques that respect the environment.
The Añana Salt Valley is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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With the support of:
Luxembourg
