Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
The Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture is a Unesco World Heritage Site on Pico Island, part of the archipelago of the Azores, Portugal. The landscape is known for the network of basalt stone walls and vines planted in rectangular enclosures known as currais.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores and Gruta das Torres.
Gruta das Torres
Cave
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Gruta das Torres, is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers. This formation is located outside the parish of Criação Velha, in the municipality of Madalena, on the western flanks of the island of Pico. Gruta das Torres is situated 4 km southeast of Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico)
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico) is a church, which is situated 2½ km south of Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena and Bandeiras.
Madalena
Town
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km2. Madalena is situated 2½ km northeast of Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture.
Bandeiras
Village
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bandeiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 626, in an area of 22.21 km². Bandeiras is situated 8 km east of Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture.
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
- Type: Agricultural reserve
- Description: World Heritage site in Portugal
- Categories: wine-producing region, protected landscape area, cultural heritage, and agriculture
- Location: Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Вінаробны ландшафт вострава Піку”
- Catalan: “Paisatge vitícola de l’illa de Pico”
- Catalan: “Paisatge vitícola de la illa de Pico”
- Chinese: “皮库岛葡萄园文化的景观”
- Chinese: “皮庫島葡萄園文化的景觀”
- Czech: “Vinařská kulturní krajina na ostrově Pico”
- Dutch: “Landschap van de wijncultuur op het eiland Pico”
- French: “Paysage viticole de l’île du Pico”
- Galician: “Paisaxe vitícola da illa do Pico”
- German: “Weinbaukulturlandschaft der Insel Pico”
- Hindi: “पिको द्वीप वाइनयार्ड संस्कृति का परिदृश्य”
- Indonesian: “Lanskap Budaya Kebun Anggur Pulau Pico”
- Italian: “Paesaggio della cultura vinicola dell’isola Pico”
- Korean: “피쿠섬의 포도밭 문화 경관”
- Lithuanian: “Piko salos vynuogynų kraštovaizdis”
- Malayalam: “പൈകോ ദ്വീപ് വൈൻയാർഡ് സംസ്കാരിക പ്രദേശം”
- Polish: “Krajobraz winnic na wyspie Pico”
- Polish: “Krajobrazy winnic na wyspie Pico”
- Portuguese: “Paisagem da Cultura da Vinha da Ilha do Pico”
- Portuguese: “Paisagem Protegida da Vinha do Pico”
- Russian: “Винодельческий ландшафт острова Пику”
- Slovenian: “Vinogradniška kulturna pokrajina otoka Pico”
- Spanish: “Paisaje vitícola de la isla de Pico”
- Spanish: “Paisaje viticola de la isla del Pico”
- Spanish: “Paisaje vitícola de la isla del Pico”
- Swedish: “Ön Picos vingårdslandskap”
- Swedish: “Ön Picos vingårdslandsskap”
- Turkish: “Pico Adası Bağcılık Kültürü Peyzajı”
- Ukrainian: “Виноробний ландшафт острова Піку”
- Vietnamese: “Thắng cảnh khu trồng nho trên đảo Pico”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Criação Velha and Areia Larga.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ponta do Poio and Ponta do Rosto Cinzento.
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