UNESCO World Heritage Tectonic Arena Sardona

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Tectonic Arena Sardona allows unique insights into the history of the formation of the alpine mountains and valleys.

The collision of Africa with Europe has piled up the Alps over millions of years. Primordial rock strata were pushed over each other, folded and broken. Diverse evidence and traces of these mighty forces are exceptionally well visible in the Tectonic Arena Sardona. They allow us to clearly reconstruct the rock movements that took place in the earth’s crust a long time ago.

For over two centuries, scientists from all over the world have been researching the processes of mountain building. They are trying to unravel everything about the formation of mountains in the Tectonic Arena Sardona.

Support Association

The Association (GER: Förderverein) supports the World Heritage Site and the Sardona Geopark. It is committed to strengthening experiential and educational tourism and offers an attractive programme.

As a member…

… you support the idea behind the Sardona World Heritage Site and Geopark.

… you will be regularly informed about current projects and activities

… you will be exclusively invited to special GeoEvents.

Facts

Nature and size of the site

UNESCO World Heritage Site: 330 km²
World Heritage Region and Geopark: 1800 km²

Status

UNESCO designated the area as unique in the world in July 2008 and included it in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The association has existed since 1999 and was originally the initiator of the World Heritage Site. Today it is a promotional association for the World Heritage Site and the World Heritage Region or Geopark.

Patronage

World Heritage municipalities with a share of the area of the World Heritage perimeter carry the UNESCO World Heritage: Flims, Laax, Tamins, Trin, Mels, Pfäfers, Quarten, Vilters-Wangs, Glarus, Glarus North, Glarus South.

The Support Association has over 600 members, including many companies, organisations and individuals.

Contact

IG UNESCO-Welterbe Tektonikarena Sardona
Offices
Städtchenstrasse 45
7320 Sargans
Phone: +41 81 723 59 20

info@unesco-sardona.ch
www.unesco-sardona.ch