Insight | 30.11.2008 | 18:30
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Bend of the Boyne in Ireland
The area known as the “Bend of the Boyne” -- or “Brú na Bóinne” in Irish -- is a multi-layered landscape that has many stories to tell.
The "Bend of the Boyne" has known human habitation since pre-historic times. When Unesco declared the Bend of the Boyne a World Heritage Site it affirmed the international importance of its passage tomb cultures and prehistoric burial rites. It is not just Newgrange, the best known of the more than 40 tombs discovered there, but the entire area that has been designated. For many this region, about one hour by train from Ireland’s capital Dublin, is the cradle of Irish history – home of its first recorded settlements – a place of refuge from Viking raiders – a holy place to early Christians and the battleground that determined the balance of power in Europe at the Battle of the Boyne. All this and more is part of the Unesco World Heritage Site.
Report: Mariana Schroeder
