Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
| UNESCO World Heritage site | |
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 Vineyards near Criação Velha | |
| Location | Pico Island, Azores, Portugal |
| Criteria | Cultural: (iii)(v) |
| Reference | 1117rev |
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
| Area | 987 ha (2,440 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 1,924 ha (4,750 acres) |
| Coordinates | 38°30′48.4″N 28°32′28.2″W / 38.513444°N 28.541167°WCoordinates: 38°30′48.4″N 28°32′28.2″W / 38.513444°N 28.541167°W |
  Location of Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture in Azores  Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture (North Atlantic) | |
The Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture is a Unesco World Heritage Site on Pico Island.
The vineyard is divided into plots (currais) protected by walls (paredes, murinhos). The walls are built with basalt blocks that have been weathered and broken up and stacked without mortar. Viticulture dates back to the 15th century.
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Typical protective walls and winery's house from basalt stones in the west of the island of Pico
Vines planted on basaltic ground near Madalena, Pico Island, Azores.
Wines from Pico Island
A vinery and the walls around.jpg)
Inside of a Vinery
See also
- Pico IPR, the officially demaracted wine region of Pico.
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