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experience of older generations; certification, research, situated along a stretch of the Danube Valley in Austria,
breeding (within the property); includes distinctive areas with vineyards; likewise
the Loire Valley in France between Chalonnes and
Natural conditions for crop cultivation in general and Sully-sur-Loire or the Upper Rhine Valley in Germany.
any which are specific to the landscape being compared An interesting combination of values in a cultural
(possibly including altitude and the intensity of natural landscape is an Indonesian property, which is a Cultural
rainfall, sunshine); Landscape of the Bali province : the system of subaksas
a manifestation of the TriHitaKarana philosophy, which
The impacts of crop cultivation and processing on the consists of five rice terraces and their water temples,
image of related villages and/or towns, the administrative which since the 11 century have followed the ecology
th
centre; of rice terraces on the scale of entire river basins and the
property as a whole demonstrates important elements
The existence of the necessary follow-up relations of the architectural composition of the landscape, and
between the countryside and a particular city, which there are certainly more to be found. However, such
3. Justification for Inscription Far from all agricultural landscapes that are already on whose value and significance is based on productive
provided the final stage of processing and possible
landscapes were not selected for these comparative
further processes before actual use of the crop;
analysis because its purpose is not to provide a complete
list of the world’s cultural landscapes, but only of those
Any further specifics.
monocultures.
Based on a general analysis of the spectrum of
the World Heritage List or shown on the Tentative List
demonstrate their Outstanding Universal Value in the
properties registered on the World Heritage List, even
fullness of this selected set of characteristics.
before the analysis which follows it can be stated that in
no cultural landscape registered on the World Heritage
It should also be borne in mind that Outstanding
mentioned in any descriptions of world properties as an
Universal Value of many of the World Heritage
complementary aspect of their values.
landscapes is conveyed by attributes characteristic
of designed and/or associative cultural landscapes, List are productive hop fields mentioned, nor are they
which does not however mean that they do not include Visual stability undoubtedly contributes to the
170 productive agricultural areas; this is very common in Outstanding Universal Value of a cultural landscape; this
visually attractive vineyards, significant for important is a function of perennial and permanent monocultures.
architectural ensembles, towns and villages: In the In Europe, for example, there are visually stable
Czech Republic, for example, there is the large-scale extensive landscapes of vineyards and olive groves, cork
complex of the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, oak plantations and orchards (more recently planted in
which includes large areas of extremely picturesque the form of plantations with fruit walls which are self-
vineyards, as well as productive fields around its supporting or with auxiliary supporting structures which
villages. The cultural landscape of the Wachau, bring them closer to the appearance of vineyards.)

Other visually unvarying production landscapes are,
in addition to woody plants, places with fields planted
with perennials, and for whose repeat output the fields
are necessarily treated in the off-season or on which
plants are even "overwintered" outdoors (and subject
to local conditions, also covered against "freezing"
during the winter months). Typical of this are, for
example, strawberry plants, which can remain in the
field for several years. There are also perennial plants
that "overwinter" directly underground (for example,
asparagus - another perennial plant introduced into
Central Europe). Hops are also specific in this respect,
as they are perennial and at the same time "practically
invisible after harvest".

The comparison therefore focuses on a cultural
landscape with a monoculture that is not represented
on the World Heritage List, and at the same time has
a significant impact on the visual appearance of the
landscape.
View of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary from the north,
Žižkovo Square, Žatec, 2016