Wine-growing Alto Douro

On December 14th 2001, UNESCO declared the Wine Growing Alto Douro Region (45° 68' N, 5° 93' W) World Heritage, in the category of cultural landscape; this status was the culmination of an application process that started to gain weight through the Foundation Rei D. Afonso Henriques.

The Douro Vineyards

The Wine-growing Alto Douro has become the 13th classified area in the country and the 5th element of the vinegrowing group, together with the regions of Val de Loire and Saint-Emilion (France), Cinque Terre (Italy) and Wachau (Austria).

The Douro classified area encompasses 60.000 acres, spread over 13 municipalities: Mesão Frio, Peso da Régua, Santa Marta de Penaguião, Vila Real, Alijó, Sabrosa, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Torre de Moncorvo, Lamego, Armamar, Tabuaço, S João da Pesqueira and Vila Nova de Foz Côa; it represents ten per cent of the Douro Demarcated Region

View over the river Douro

Port Wine

It is a homage to the combined work of man and nature, a testament to the universal value of a culture's active role and to an excellency landscape.

Regardeless of the magic highlighted by the landscape, the classified soil fertilizes the famous and widely appreciated Port Wine.

But the beauty of the scenery, formed by terraces and vineyards climbing up the hills, was the added value that led UNESCO to approve its entry in the elite of the World Heritage sites.

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