Eira das Adegas, Pontinha, Pico

Description

Pico Island has an amazing vineyard culture, especially in its western coastline. The exceptional landscape character granted to Pico a World Heritage status in 2004. The hardness of the volcanic stone, the resources shortage and the archipelago unstable weather, relies on a communal perseverance to achieve tangible outcomes. The resulting landscape configures “an outstanding example of the adaptation of farming practices to a remote and challenging environment”, articulating the desolate nature of the lava coast with a man-made system created throughout five centuries of hard labour in very difficult climatic and environment conditions. [Learn More](http://esg.pt/3dpast/platform)