Tags: World Heritage Site.

The Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture is a Unesco World Heritage Site.The vineyard is divided into plots (currais) protected by walls (paredes murinhos). The walls are built with basalt blocks that have been weathered and broken up and stacked without mortar. Viticulture dates back to the 15th century.

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