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Cultural landscapes - continuing

 
Author Assif
Partaker
#1 | Posted: 4 Dec 2015 15:22 
Continuing cultural landscapes (37):



Alto Douro
Bam Cultural Landscape
Causses and Cévennes
Champagne
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
Coffee Cultural Landscape
Costiera Amalfitana
Curonian Spit
Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
Fertö/Neusiedlersee
Grand Pré
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Hani Rice Terraces
Hortobágy
Konso
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
Loire Valley
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
Maymand
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
Orkhon Valley
Pico Island
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Richtersveld
Saint-Emilion
Serra de Tramuntana
Southern Öland
Stari Grad Plain
Tequila
Tokaji Wine Region
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Vegaøyan Living landscape
Viñales Valley
Wachau Cultural Landscape

Author Assif
Partaker
#2 | Posted: 4 Dec 2015 15:29 
My selection:

Bam Cultural Landscape
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy - had to choose few vineyard CLs with good architecture
Coffee Cultural Landscape
Costiera Amalfitana
Curonian Spit - unique landscape
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Konso
Loire Valley
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin - historically significant and comprehensive example of coal mining
Orkhon Valley
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu - best example of European transhumance
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras - one is enough? (Hani)
Richtersveld
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Wachau Cultural Landscape - mostly because of Melk

Author Solivagant
Partaker
#3 | Posted: 5 Dec 2015 01:44 
Not really sure why nord pas de Calais is continuing whilst blaenavon is relict!
How to choose between the 3 coal mining landscapes?
I didn't find grand hornu very compelling
Views on comparison between the other 2?

Author clyde
Partaker
#4 | Posted: 5 Dec 2015 03:27 
My selection:

Bam Cultural Landscape (one of the best in the region)
Lavaux vineyard terraces (one of the best examples in continental Europe)
Loire valley
Pico Island (one of the most unique examples of wine growing worldwide)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (I chose this over Amalfi as I feel it has much more to offer; and close to the Amalfi area I would choose Paestum)
Pyrenees - Mont Perdu
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Wachau Cultural Lamdscape (mostly for the imposing abbeys)

Author fr4nc1sc4
Partaker
#5 | Posted: 7 Dec 2015 01:25 
My selection:

Fertö/Neusiedlersee
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Wachau Cultural Landscape

Author kkanekahn
Partaker
#6 | Posted: 7 Dec 2015 08:41 
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Pyrenees - Mont Perdu
Saint-Emilion
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Hani
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Lavaux vineyard terraces
Causses and Cévennes
Quebrada de Humahuaca

Author Assif
Partaker
#7 | Posted: 8 Dec 2015 07:31 
Sites I would be happy to save:

Costiera Amalfitana - visually beautiful
Konso - for their rich folk traditions and vernacular architecture
Orkhon - Ghinges Khan
Richtersveld - Great example of current nomadic lifestyle

Author kanfil
Partaker
#8 | Posted: 8 Dec 2015 08:14 
Alto Douro
Bam Cultural Landscape
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
Coffee Cultural Landscape
Costiera Amalfitana
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
Loire Valley
Orkhon Valley
Pico Island
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Richtersveld
Tequila
Upper Middle Rhine Valley

Author Colvin
Partaker
#9 | Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:29 | Edited by: Colvin 
Again, here is the link to the broader Cultural Landscapes category.

There are a lot of good choices here, but I'm self-imposing a limit of no more than one landscape per country. Here are ones that stand out to me:

1. Alto Douro -- historic wine-growing region in Portugal; known for Port wine
2. Costiera Amalfitana -- beautiful Italian terraced landscape with coastal villages, vineyards, and orchards located on steep hillsides
3. Hallstatt-Dachstein -- distinctive Austrian Alpine towns and landscape famous for its salt mines in use as early as the 2nd millennium BC
4. Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces -- beautiful Swiss vineyard terraces on the shores of Lake Geneva
5. Loire Valley -- valley filled with architecturally unique châteaux and towns with ties to the French Renaissance
6. Upper Middle Rhine Valley -- landscape of towns, castles, and vineyards built along a European route of transportation in use for over 2,000 years
7. Konso -- dry stone terraces still in use by the Konso people of Ethiopia
8. Orkhon Valley -- showcases Mongolia's nomadic history and culture
9. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras -- iconic terraced landscape demonstrating a 2,000 year-old method of rice production
10. Coffee Cultural Landscape -- coffee fields and Spanish-style towns highlighting Colombia's coffee-growing heritage
11. Tequila -- agave-growing region of central Mexico where tequila is distilled

Author elsslots
Admin
#10 | Posted: 17 Dec 2015 00:39 
Summarizing:

Alto Douro - historic wine-growing region in Portugal; known for Port wine
Bam Cultural Landscape
Causses and Cévennes
Champagne
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
Coffee Cultural Landscape
Costiera Amalfitana - visually beautiful Italian terraced landscape with coastal villages, vineyards, and orchards located on steep hillsides
Curonian Spit
Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
Fertö/Neusiedlersee
Grand Pré
Hallstatt-Dachstein - distinctive Austrian Alpine towns and landscape famous for its salt mines in use as early as the 2nd millennium BC
Hani Rice Terraces
Hortobágy
Konso - dry stone terraces still in use by the Konso people of Ethiopia
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces - beautiful Swiss vineyard terraces on the shores of Lake Geneva
Loire Valley - valley filled with architecturally unique châteaux and towns
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
Maymand
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
Orkhon Valley - showcases Mongolia's nomadic history and culture
Pico Island (already in on a different category)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu - best example of European transhumance
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (already in on a different category)
Richtersveld - Great example of current nomadic lifestyle
Saint-Emilion
Serra de Tramuntana
Southern Öland
Stari Grad Plain
Tequila - agave-growing region of central Mexico where tequila is distilled
Tokaji Wine Region
Upper Middle Rhine Valley - landscape of towns, castles, and vineyards built along a European route of transportation in use for over 2,000 years
Vegaøyan Living landscape
Viñales Valley (already in on a different category)
Wachau Cultural Landscape (already in on a different category)

Author elsslots
Admin
#11 | Posted: 2 Feb 2016 12:06 
This category is also missing an entry (the last I believe): Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines - Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
How do we rate this one?

Author Solivagant
Partaker
#12 | Posted: 2 Feb 2016 12:09 | Edited by: Solivagant 
elsslots:
Battir. How do we rate this one?

"A politically inspired inscription with no OUV whatsoever" (and I have visited it!)

Author Assif
Partaker
#13 | Posted: 2 Feb 2016 17:42 
Solivagant:
"A politically inspired inscription with no OUV whatsoever"

I agree, although I think it was justified for that reason.

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