Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
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.

Gallery

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  Typical protective walls and winery's house from basalt stones in the west of the island of Pico
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  Vines planted on basaltic ground near Madalena, Pico Island, Azores.
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  Wines from Pico Island
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  A vinery and the walls around
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  Inside of a Vinery

See also

• Pico IPR, the officially demaracted wine region of Pico.

References

• "Secretaria Regional do Ambiente, Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture". (72 MB)
• UNESCO, Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

External links

• IGESPAR Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture