Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana' has mentioned 'Water' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Millennia of agriculture in an environment with scarce resources has transformed the terrain and displays an articulated network of devices for the management of water revolving around farming units of feudal origins. | WIKI |
| The landscape is marked by agricultural terraces and inter-connected water works - including water mills - as well as dry stone constructions and farms. | WIKI |
| The system of terraces and cobbled road network, common to many Mediterranean landscapes, is here combined with an articulated network of devices for the management of water, revolving around farming units of feudal origins. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana eminently exemplifies the interchange between the Muslim and Christian cultures, which is representative of the Mediterranean area, in the combination of the Arabic water harvesting and management technology with the agricultural know-how and the territorial control system introduced by the Christian conquerors, who took over the island of Mallorca in 13th century AD. | UNESCO |
| farmed landscape which combines an interconnected and highly specialised system of waterworks for collecting and storing water, featuring qanats, that are underground channels to harvest and transport water, canals, ditches, storage basins, with a system of terraces supported by dry-stone walls so as to make possible the cultivation of vegetables as well as fruit and olive trees in the terraced plots and including a sophisticated drainage system to avoid soil erosion. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (v): The settlement pattern of the Tramuntana area bears significant witness to human adaptation to difficult environmental conditions, which has ingeniously made a region with scarce resources, both in term of land and water, suitable for farming and living. | UNESCO |
| Completion and enforcement of the other special plans for the protection of places with cultural values, especially of the water management systems and devices, should be envisaged. | UNESCO |