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Alto Douro Wine Region

Portugal
Date of Inscription: 2001
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(v)
Core zone: 24600 ha
Buffer zone: 225400 ha
Douro Region, Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
N41 06 06 W7 47 56
Ref: 1046

Brief Description

Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its main product, port wine, has been world famous for its quality. This long tradition of viticulture has produced a cultural landscape of outstanding beauty that reflects its technological, social and economic evolution.

Justification for Inscription

Criterion iii The Alto Douro Region has been producing wine for nearly two thousand years and its landscape has been moulded by human activities. Criterion iv The components of the Alto Douro landscape are representative of the full range of activities association with winemaking – terraces, quintas (wine-producing farm complexes), villages, chapels, and roads. Criterion v The cultural landscape of the Alto Douro is an outstanding example of a traditional European wine-producing region, reflecting the evolution of this human activity over time.

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