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Terraces above Corniglia in the Cinque Terre

Terrazze sopra a Corniglia nelle Cinque Terre

Terraces above Corniglia in the Cinque Terre.
Some call it heroic agriculture and from this shot you can understand why.
Even if we think back a few decades, when there weren't even the small racks that today, at least in part, facilitate the transport of people and things in some places.
Dry stone walls and terraces, created by man to cultivate the vineyard overlooking the sea.
In the background the village of Corniglia, the town in the center of the Cinque Terre.

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Terrazze sopra a Corniglia nelle Cinque Terre

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

Vineyard terraces above Corniglia in the Cinque Terre – Terrasses viticoles au-dessus de Corniglia dans les Cinque Terre – Terrazas de viñedos sobre Corniglia en Cinque Terre – Terraços de vinhedos acima de Corniglia em Cinque Terre – Weinbergterrassen oberhalb von Corniglia in den Cinque Terre – Ruộng bậc thang của vườn nho phía trên Corniglia ở Cinque Terre – 五渔村科尔尼利亚上方的葡萄园梯田 – チンクエテッレのコーニリアの上にあるブドウ園のテラス
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Dry stone walls in Liguria

Muretti a secco in Liguria

Dry stone walls in Liguria.
I would almost say a tradition in Liguria, are these types of walls made dry with only stones.
I took this photo along the path that goes from Camogli to San Rocco along the route that can then also reach San Fruttuoso and Portofino.
In addition to delimiting properties, this type of wall was often used to contain the soil to build the famous terraces for cultivation.
They were made dry to allow rainwater to flow away without causing landslides.
Now they exist and you see fewer and fewer of them, unfortunately, and even in this photo the walls are not exactly the real ones I am talking about.

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Muretti a secco in Liguria

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

The dry stone wall is a particular type of wall built with blocks of stone appropriately arranged and assembled, without the use of binders or mortars of any kind. In 2018 it was included in the intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO.
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Dry stone walls in Liguria – Murs en pierres sèches en Ligurie – Muros de piedra seca en Liguria – Paredes de pedra seca na Ligúria – Trockenmauern in Ligurien – Những bức tường đá khô ở Liguria