Долина Дуная / The Wachau Cultural Landscape

Участок долины Дуная между городами Мелк и Кремс имеет удивительно красивый ландшафт. Здесь сохранено в первоначальном виде множество архитертурных объектов - монастырей, замков, руины, городские образования и сельские общины, занимающиеся культивированием виноградной лозы с доисторических времен.

Inscribed:2000
Criteria:C (ii) (iv)

Justification for Inscription:
Criterion (ii): The Wachau is an outstanding example of a riverine landscape bordered by mountains in which material evidence of its long historical evolution has survived to a remarkable degree.
Criterion (iv): The architecture, The human settlements, and The agricultural use of The land in The Wachau vividly illustrate a basically medieval landscape which has evolved organically and harmoniously over time.

Brief description:

The Wachau is a stretch of The Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, a landscape of high visual quality. It preserves in an intact and visible form many traces - in terms of architecture, (monasteries, castles, ruins), urban design, (towns and villages), and agricultural use, principally for The cultivation of vines - of its evolution since prehistoric times.