UNESCO WHS - Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley The cultural landscape of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley offers a microcosmic perspective of the way people have harvested the resources of the high Pyrenees over millennia. Its dramatic glacial landscapes of craggy cliffs and glaciers, with high open pastures and steep wooded valleys. It reflects past changes in climate, economic fortune and social systems, as well as the persistence of pastoralism and a strong mountain culture, notably the survival of a communal land-ownership system dating back to the 13th century. The site features houses, notably summer settlements, terraced fields, stone tracks and evidence of iron smelting. UNESCO World Heritage Site in Andorra Name: Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley Location: Parish of Escaldes-Engordany Inscription: 2004 Category: Cultural (v) Unesco Ref: 1160 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side