Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

The Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture is a Unesco World Heritage Site on Pico Island.

Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Vineyards near Criação Velha
LocationPico Island, Azores, Portugal
CriteriaCultural: (iii)(v)
Reference1117rev
Inscription2004 (28th session)
Area987 ha (2,440 acres)
Buffer zone1,924 ha (4,750 acres)
Coordinates38°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 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.

  • 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
  • Inside of a Vinery

See also
  • Pico IPR, the officially demarcated 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
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