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Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
The remains of 19th-century coffee plantations in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra are unique evidence of a pioneering form of agriculture in a difficult terrain. They provide a wealth of information on the economic, social and technological history of the Caribbean and Latin America region.
Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Cultural Landscape is located in southern Yunnan and covers 16,603 hectares. The terraces are spectacular, stretching from the slopes of the towering Ailao Mountains to the banks of the Red River. Over the past 1,300 years, the Hani people have developed a complex system of canals to bring water from the forested mountaintops to the terraces. They have also created an integrated agricultural system that includes buffalo, cattle, ducks, fish and eels, and supports the production of red rice, the region's main crop. Local residents worship the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, forests and other natural phenomena, including fire. They live in 82 villages between the mountaintop forests and the terraces. The villages feature traditional thatched "mushroom" houses. The terraces' resilient land management system is based on remarkable and long-standing social and religious structures, demonstrating extraordinary visual and ecological harmony between people and the environment.
Stari Grad Plain
The Stari Grad Plain on the Adriatic island of Hvar is a cultural landscape that has remained almost unchanged since the first colonization by the Ionian Greeks from Paros in the 4th century BC. The original agricultural activity on this fertile plain was focused on grapes and olives, which has been maintained since Greek times. The site is also a nature reserve. The landscape features ancient stone walls and stone ornaments or small stone houses and bears witness to the ancient geometric system of land division used by the ancient Greeks, the Chora, which has remained almost intact for 24 centuries.
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
Located in the Lombardy Plain, Valcamonica is home to one of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock art – more than 140,000 symbols and motifs carved into the rock over a period of 8,000 years, depicting themes related to agriculture, navigation, warfare and magic.
Las Médulas
In the 1st century AD, Roman authorities began mining gold in this area of northwestern Spain using a technology based on water power. After two centuries of mining, the Romans withdrew, leaving behind a desolate landscape. In the absence of subsequent industrial activity, surprising traces of this remarkable ancient technology can be seen everywhere, such as steep walls on the hillsides and large areas of tailings, now used for agriculture.
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
The facilities in the Kinderdijk-Elshout area admirably demonstrate the outstanding contribution of the Dutch people to water technology. The construction of hydraulic works for land drainage for agriculture and settlement began in the Middle Ages and continues to this day. The site displays all the typical features associated with this technology - dikes, reservoirs, pumping stations, administrative buildings and a series of well-preserved windmills.
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
Ban Chiang is considered the most important prehistoric site ever discovered in Southeast Asia. It marks an important stage in the development of human culture, society and technology. The site provides the earliest evidence of agriculture and metal manufacturing and use in the region.
Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
The Serra de Tramuntana Cultural Landscape is located in a steep mountain range that runs parallel to the northwest coast of Mallorca. Thousands of years of agriculture in a resource-poor environment have transformed the topography and revealed a tightly connected network of facilities for water management organized around agricultural units from the feudal period. The landscape features agricultural terraces and interconnected hydraulic structures, including water mills, as well as dry stone buildings and farms.
Wachau Cultural Landscape
The Wachau is a beautiful part of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, which preserves many traces of its evolution since prehistoric times, including architecture (monasteries, castles, ruins), urban design (towns and villages) and agricultural use (mainly grape cultivation).
Donghe Organic Agriculture Industrial Park Happy Farm
In 2011, Langfang Donghe Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. undertook the construction of the Happy Farm Project of Donghe Organic Agricultural Industrial Park; the project is located in the north of Xinqiying Village, Yangshuiwu Township, Anci District, Langfang City (west of the West Outer Ring Road and north of Langba Highway), with a planned area of 79,333.73 square meters (119 acres) and a total investment of 113.6671 million yuan. The project area has convenient transportation, superior geographical location, rich agricultural resources, and is suitable for the development of ecological agriculture.