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Lavaux

UNESCO World Heritage vineyard terraces (inscribed 2007, 898 ha core zone) stretching about 30km along Lake Geneva; stone terracing dates to the 11th century, under Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries.

Canton
Vaud
Area
898 ha
Principal grapes
Chasselas
Villages
Puidoux, Rivaz, Epesses, Cully, St-Saphorin
UNESCO
Yes

Source: whc.unesco.org

46.4850° N 6.7900° E · VaudRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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JoachimKohler-HB, GabrielleMerk, Lorenz Poffet, Giles Laurent · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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