Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
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The Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The vineyard is divided into plots (currais) protected by walls (paredes, murinhos). The walls are build with basalt
blocks that have been weathered and broken up and stacked without mortar. Viticulture
dates back to the 15th century.
The vineyard is divided into plots (currais) protected by walls (paredes, murinhos). The walls are build with basalt
Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or vesicular, or frothy scoria. Unweathered basalt is black or grey...
blocks that have been weathered and broken up and stacked without mortar. Viticulture
Viticulture
Viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. When the grapes are used for winemaking, it is also known as viniculture...
dates back to the 15th century.