states: [denmark]
category: cultural
year: 1994
location: Vejle Commune, Region of Southern Denmark
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 55.7563888900, 9.4200000000
Jelling, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Denmark, is a 10th-century royal site featuring massive runestones, a church, and burial mounds from the Viking Age. Known as the "birth certificate of Denmark," its carved stones mark the transition to Christianity. This historic site offers a key glimpse into Scandinavian heritage and early statehood.
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