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Zagori Cultural Landscape
['Unesco World Heritage Centre']
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Brief synthesisZagori Cultural Landscape is located in the mountainous region of Epirus, in northwestern Greece.
The property consists of a rural landscape where small villages known as Zagorochoria or Zagori villages extend along the western slopes of the northern part of the Pindus Mountain range.
Criterion (v): Zagorochoria, the traditional villages of Zagori Cultural Landscape, are an outstanding example of traditional human settlements where the characteristics of the stonework showcased in traditional buildings, stone bridges, stone paths, and stone staircases represent a distinctive culture developed in a remote mountain region.
IntegrityThe integrity of Zagori Cultural Landscape is based on the cultural and natural elements that characterise the group of small traditional villages that underwent a transformation influenced by remittances sent by expatriates to fund private and public infrastructure during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Due to the complexity of the management system and diversity of managing institutions, rights-holders and stakeholders, for achieving an effective management of Zagori Cultural Landscape, an open debate platform will also be developed.
['traditional'
'landscape'
'property'
'zagori'
'stone'
'natural'
'cultural'
'villages'
'management'
'architecture']