UNESCO-WORLD HERITAGE SITES-ANDORRA
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
The cultural landscape of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley offers a microcosmic perspective of the way people have harvested the resources of the high Pyrenees over millennia. Its dramatic glacial landscapes of craggy cliffs and glaciers, with high open pastures and steep wooded valleys, covers an area of 4,247 ha, 9% of the total area of the principality. It reflects past changes in climate, economic fortune and social systems, as well as the persistence of pastoralism and a strong mountain culture, notably the survival of a communal land-ownership system dating back to the 13th century. The site features houses, notably summer settlements, terraced fields, stone tracks and evidence of iron smelting.[whc.unesco.org]
Vall del Madriu Perafita Claror[source]
The valley corresponds with the Madriu river basin. Its highest part is a glacial landscape. The rest of it was and still is used as pastures for the grazing of cows and horses during the summer. There are two settlements within the valley, with 12 houses in total and only used in the summer months. Terraced fields have been constructed to grow rye, wheat and to provide hay. The land is communally owned.[source]
Vall del Madriu Perafita Claror[source]
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley Andora Mountain Hicking Scenery[source]
Have you been there? Tell us more about there...
No Comment to " UNESCO-WORLD HERITAGE SITES-ANDORRA "