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Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark

FR

Modern history in the Chablais dates to the 19th century during the industrial era with the large-scale quarrying of gypsum, slate and building stone in the towns of Armoy, Morzine and Meillerie.From the late 19th century, until the beginning of World War I, the Lake Geneva Riviera was one of the most frequented European destinations by high society. A distinctive Art Nouveau architectural identity was established and lakefront promenades, grand gardens, thermal spa buildings, hotels, theatres a

Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark in FR
Photo: Marc Mongenet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationFR
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2015
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 87,000 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Modern history in the Chablais dates to the 19th century during the industrial era with the large-scale quarrying of gypsum, slate and building stone in the towns of Armoy, Morzine and Meillerie.From the late 19th century, until the beginning of World War I, the Lake Geneva Riviera was one of the most frequented European destinations by high society. A distinctive Art Nouveau architectural identity was established and lakefront promenades, grand gardens, thermal spa buildings, hotels, theatres a. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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