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SUMMARY COMPARATIVE NOTES ON ASPECTS OF their areas are visually distinct in the landscape and
OTHER AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES ON THE WHL / TL functionally unmistakable even in the period outside
the growing season. Nevertheless, the dynamics of the
Visual similarity of fields and plantations with two landscapes are different, mainly due to the different
agricultural crops - general thesis geomorphological conditions in which vineyards and hop
In the previous sub-chapters, various similar aspects of fields are established.
productive agricultural landscapes and the management
of crops and hop field landscapes were consistently Structures in the productive agricultural landscape
observed. At the same time, it was found that even necessary for the "post-cultivation phase"
seemingly quite different agricultural products in The path of hops from the fields to rapid drying has
different regions and climatic conditions have certain affected the earlier history of construction related to
similar aspects or have characteristics that are the rural areas, but even towns. The need to quickly dry
objective basis of any difference. For a general summary large volumes in a dry and airy space is reflected in the
or, conversely, for a more detailed comparison with roof landscape of the village and town components
the nominated Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops of the nominated property, later heated kilns brought
property it is necessary to narrow the comparison to villages a distinctive type of buildings with typical
somewhat, especially to visual aspects of the landscape. tower-shaped extensions in the hops, which are visually
Thus, to what elements associated with the cultivation applied in their material composition. The preparation
and subsequent treatment of crops are present in of hops for their journey to further destinations then
the landscape, and how the cultivation of hops and also fundamentally transformed that part of the urban
other crops in a particular landscape demonstrates its component of the nominated property, where for the
functions. purposes of packing, certification, sulphurisation and
storage an unprecedented concentration of very specific
As already mentioned in the comparison of regions with hop buildings was built, which, of course, by their very
vineyards and hop fields, in these landscapes there is location react in a unique way with the medieval urbanist
a relatively large variability of the image of the productive structure of the town. In the distant image, high chimneys
landscape over a calendar year. Evergreen plants and are seen, on the contrary, from the, pedestrian’s point
trees of the tropical and subtropical zones, from which of view, a number of interesting details typical of hop
berries or leaves are harvested gradually or in several objects are interesting. Urban facilities closely linked to
seasonal waves, fill the area of production fields stably the process of trading in this commodity (hotels, banks, 207
with plant and tree masses. Especially the perennial but also cultural and religious buildings) have also
shrubs of coffee trees or tea trees, which in their wild enriched the town in an unmistakable way (see Chapter
form can reach a height of several metres. Production 2.a).
plantations are regularly pruned to a height suitable for
collecting leaves. Unlike the fruits from which the target food (beverage,
root crop, cereal) is obtained in large quantities for
For the Žatec landscape, in which hop vines are visible direct consumption, hops are in their final form (dried
only a few months of the year at the time of their rapid and prepared for durability) a "spice", an ingredient,
growth, especially those crops with a complete cycle of used in a final product to the largest extent by other
growth and harvest of everything that grows in the field producers outside the growing area. It is therefore
can be a parallel in terms of the dynamically changing the a commodity that is incorporated into the final product
landscape image. by another, purchasing entity (mostly producers of beer
or cosmetics). In this respect, it is similar to tobacco
In the case of lower growing crops, from WH landscapes blends (the cigarette industry), coffee beans (mostly
these are mainly tobacco, with its unmistakable roasted after transport), cocoa beans (cocoa butter and
plantations of geometric fields with regular rows. chocolate are also often processed in various factories or
small producers), less consistently to tea blends and rice
Another plant whose cultivation is widely represented on (producers also already pack tea into bags in retail sales
the World Heritage List is rice and its associated rice fields. sizes). On the contrary, wine, olives, packages of dates or
Planting is quickly repeated on these throughout the raisins, tequila, branded cigars are mostly traded already
year, but the visual aspect of the rice fields is completely in the final product packaging, originally packaged and
different, as the rice fields are planted with low seedlings with their own label.
not needing support. The main visual perception of
this landscape is characterized mainly by the terraced These seemingly distant connections concerning the
arrangement of fields and water areas, some with the final form of the product are reflected in the demands
integration of comprehensive farming (see China). on the existence, size and form of the processing and
storage facilities in the cultural landscapes of these
Of the production landscapes on the World Heritage List, monocultures. The requirements for the form and
vineyards are visually closest to the nominated property; microclimate of storage facilities are also defined by the