12 Jul Slate: the sweet stone
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An essential element in the life and culture of Ligurian communities, slate is called "sweet stone" or "sweet rock"...
12 Jul Steps, Lunettes and Terracing
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The "fasce" of Tigullio are not only an example of agricultural engineering, but also a testimony to the ingenuity of local farmers...
12 Jul More than two thousand years of olive growing in Tigullio
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Tigullio olive growing has been able to reinvent itself, keeping alive an agricultural and cultural heritage that characterizes...
12 Jul Vineyard and vineyards of Levante Ligure
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Viticulture in the Tigullio is an example of how tradition and innovation can give life to quality products and unique landscapes...
12 Jul Vineate, Olivate and Chestnutate lands
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The hills of Cogorno and Lavagna are an example of how natural resources and agricultural practices have been integrated over the centuries...
11 Jul The Ligurian landscape: a world of stone
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In Liguria, terraces built with dry stone walls highlight the balance between respect for nature and human needs....
11 Jul The construction of the Ligurian terraces
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As a consequence of demographic growth, Ligurian agriculture was characterized by the conquest of marginal and hilly lands....
11 Jul The land under the earth and the land under the sky
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The character of the landscape in the Cogorno and Lavagna basin derives from the perfect integration between agriculture and mining....
11 Jul Extreme agriculture
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In Liguria, agriculture was faced with exceptional challenges, including the famous "fasce", terraces of arable land....
09 Jul Environmental evolution of abandoned terraces
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Useful for adapting steep slopes to agricultural and building use, abandoned terraced slopes are fragile and vulnerable....