Royal Domain of Drottningholm
Also known as Chateau de Drottningholm, Drottningholm Palace, Drottningholms slott, Palais de Drottningholm, Palais Drottningholm
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Sweden
Inscribed
1991
List reference
559
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Royal Domain of Drottningholm is about 13 km west of Stockholm. The nearest other World Heritage site is Skogskyrkogården, about 13 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Stockholm · about 1,264,000 peopleabout 13 km east
- Uppsala · about 133,000 peopleabout 60 km north
- Nyköping · about 28,000 peopleabout 80 km south-west
- Västerås · about 107,000 peopleabout 85 km north-west
- Norrköping · about 89,000 peopleabout 130 km south-west
- Örebro · about 99,000 peopleabout 150 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SwedenCultural13 km away
SwedenCultural20 km away
SwedenCultural128 km away
SwedenCultural188 km away
SwedenCultural190 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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