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Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia
It is an outstanding example of a sustainable and productive cultural landscape, unique in its own right, representing a tradition that is a striking symbol of coffee-growing regions around the world - covering six agricultural landscapes, including 18 urban centres in the foothills of the western Andes and the central cordillera in the country. It reflects a centuries-old tradition of growing coffee in small plots in high forest, and how farmers have adapted to difficult mountain conditions. The urban areas are mainly located on relatively flat hilltops above sloping coffee fields, and their architecture is Antioquian colonial style with Spanish influences. Building materials were, and in some areas still are, corn cobs and pleated rattan for walls, with clay tiles for roofs.
Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago
Vega is located south of the Arctic Circle and is surrounded by dozens of islands that form a 107,294-hectare cultural landscape, of which 6,881 hectares are land. The islands bear witness to a uniquely frugal lifestyle based on fishing and harvesting duck down, but in a very harsh environment. There are fishing villages, docks, warehouses, duck down houses (built for duck down nesting), agricultural landscapes, lighthouses and navigation marks. There is evidence of human settlement from the Stone Age onwards. By the 9th century, the islands had become an important centre for the supply of duck down, which appears to have accounted for around a third of the islanders’ income. The Vega Islands reflect how fishermen/farmers have maintained a sustainable lifestyle over the past 1,500 years, as well as the contribution of women to the duck down harvest.