AUSTRIA ~ Hall - Tyrol - UNESCO (Tentative) ~

... Great views of a town steeped in history...situated in a pristine alpine valley...  it is considered the largest and best-preserved old town in Tyrol... with narrow medieval alleys, centuries-old townhouses, the Mint Tower and an imposing castle (houses today the coin-museum)... the first silver coin, the Taler, was coined in Hall and became a valued currency throughout the world...  many currencies such as the US Dollar and the Yen share the origin from the first high denomination silver coin... the Dollar is even named after it... Thanks a lot Dustin!!【ツ】→ http://postcardsblogatdustin.blogspot.com/

Hall in the County of Tyrol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol located about 5 km of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley.

In the middle ages salt production made Hall the most important economic centre of Northern Tirol. The town’s name is derived from the Celtic term for salt.

From 1938 to 1974 the town was called Solbad Hall - Solbad was dropped from the town name a few years after the salt mining was closed in 1967.

 Hall is submitted on the Tentative List to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.



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