Man-made Terraces
Notable terraces laid out in gardens and parks, or for agricultural use.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Alto Douro | patamares | |
| Ambohimanga | "Agricultural terraces were also constructed on the lower hill-slopes." (AB ev) | |
| Assisi | Roman city plan (which is still intact) was based on terraces | |
| Bahá’i Holy Places | Bahai gardens | |
| Bali Subak system | ||
| Bassari Country | Fields are organised in terraces (AB ev) | |
| Battir | ||
| Bethlehem | terraced gardens | |
| Borobudur | Crit i: "its stepped, unroofed pyramid consisting of ten superimposing terraces" | |
| Changdeokgung Palace Complex | "The garden was landscaped with a series of terraces planted with lawns, flowering trees, flowers, a lotus pool and pavilions set against a wooded background." - AB Document (Unesco Description) | |
| Chavin | ||
| Chichen-Itza | surrounding El Castillo | |
| City of Luxembourg | Below the Bock, dating from the 17th century. Used for gardens. | |
| Costiera Amalfitana | used for the vineyards | |
| Dacian Fortresses | Sarmizegetusa Regia was constructed on five terraces (wiki) | |
| El Fuerte de Samaipata | By the Incas | |
| Fort and Shalamar Gardens | Shalamar Gardens are terraced | |
| Hani Rice Terraces | ||
| Hawraman/Uramanat | "Among major ancient innovations in Hawraman/Uramanat is the clever technical terracing in mountain slopes. The intelligent method of setting up these terraces and their creative architecture shows wisely observance of structural, architectural and scientific principles beside an innovate construction of water drainage system and foundation. Some of these terraces dates back to hundreds of years ago but they are still intact and functioning." (Nomination file, p. 73) | |
| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine | "... over 1,000 man-made flat terraces, large and small, have been identified. The flat areas are the sites of workshops where silver production was carried out" (nom file) | |
| Khami Ruins | "is dominated by a series of terraced stone ruins" (see link) | |
| Khinalig | "the terraces as well as the gravityfed irrigation systems for pastures and hayfields remain important evidence of adaptation to the local natural conditions." (AB ev) | |
| Konso | ||
| Koutammakou | "Some of the fields are terraces on the hills." | |
| Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces | ||
| Liangzhu Archaeological Site | Bianjiashan Terrace, Meirendi Terrace, Mojiaoshan Terrace | |
| Machu Picchu | ||
| Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley | ||
| Maulbronn Monastery | The Cistercians (and their lay brothers) made them for water management purposes | |
| Medina Azahara | To construct the buildings on different terraces, the mountainside had to be specially prepared. The bare rock was cut and the foundations filled in with the resulting stone blocks to create a wall, and then on the outside, the foundations were filled in and supported by thick retaining walls. (AB ev) | |
| Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha | "The monasteries demonstrate a flexible architectural style that adapts to the landscape. Some, such as the halls of Baoguosi, are built on terraces of varying levels" (wiki) | |
| Mozu-Furuichi Kofun | "geometric terraced mounds reinforced by stone" (AB ev) | |
| Nemrut Dag | "This funerary mound, whose interior layout remains unknown despite numerous attempts to locate the dromos, is surrounded on the east, west and north sides by artificial terraces" (AB ev) | |
| Oaxaca and Monte Alban | Monte Alban: "the site is characterized by several hundred artificial terraces" (wiki) | |
| Palenque | ||
| Persepolis | Persepolis is located over a half artificial terrace. | |
| Petra | ||
| Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands | ||
| Potsdam | Sans Souci Palace Vineyard Terrace | |
| Preah Vihear Temple | (stone terraces attached to the hills forming entraces and temple grounds) | |
| Qadisha Valley | agricultural terraces | |
| Qalhat | funerary terraces (AB ev) | |
| Qhapaq Ñan | Huacahuasi, Rumiqolqa, Choqetakarpu | |
| Quebrada de Humahuaca | The precolumbian site of Coctaca has agricultural terraces | |
| Quirigua | a highly elaborate system of pyramids, terraces, and staircases (AB ev) | |
| Québec | Dufferin Terrace | |
| Rani-ki-Vav | "Attributes encompass the consecutive stepped terraces.." (AB ev) | |
| Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | Villa della Regina's Terrace Garden | |
| Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras | ||
| Rio Abiseo National Park | Gran Pajat | |
| Risco Caido | The landscape has been shaped to create unique farming terraces (AB ev) | |
| Sado Island Gold Mines | "ICOMOS further observes that, based on the nomination dossier, the key tangible attributes of the nominated property can be grouped as follows: human-modified landforms, terracing, (...)." (AB Ev) | |
| San Agustín | "huge monumental platforms, terraces and mounds" | |
| San Pedro de la Roca Castle | built in a series of terraces | |
| Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca | Pumapungo | |
| Sceilg Mhichíl | ".. the isolated hermitage perched on narrow, human-made terraces just below the South Peak" (OUV) | |
| Serra de Tramuntana | ||
| Sukur | Terraced fields | |
| Tak'alik Ab'aj | "the slopes descending from the volcanic piedmont to the coastal plains were modified into a series of ten successive terraces" (AB ev) | |
| Tarraco | built on terraces | |
| The Prosecco Hills | "In the nominated property a peculiar form of terracing called "ciglioni" was chosen. They respond to the same need to create a flat surface on which cultivating is possible, but with a very unusual technique using grass instead of dry stone walls, as is more popular in most regions." (Nomination file, p. 86) | |
| Tusi Sites | "Building remains within the walls follow a street and drainage system on the terraced hillside sloping down to the Tangya River on the east." (AB ev) | |
| Um er-Rasas | Cultivated terraces were built by damming the bottom of local wadis with low terrace walls (nom file) | |
| Upper Middle Rhine Valley | ||
| Vat Phou | Vat Phou Temple (stone terraces attached to the hills forming entraces and temple grounds) | |
| Vatican City | Cortile del Belvedere (never completed) | |
| Villa d'Este | ||
| Wachau Cultural Landscape | vine terraces | |
| Wulingyuan | Rice field terraces of Tujia villages | |
| Xochicalco | "The main ceremonial center is atop an artificially leveled hill, with remains of residential structures, mostly unexcavated, on long terraces covering the slopes" W(wiki) |
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