<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article concerns the transitions of cultural landscapes, especially of viticultural landscapes. The authors do not aim to present new definition of the term “landscape” but base their study on the existing output of Polish and foreign scholars. The fact that cultural landscapes are in a constant state of flux is stressed, and periods of both development and regression are included. These phenomena are illustrated with reference to the transformations of Poland’s viticultural landscapes, the cultural landscapes of the Palmeral de Elche, and the mouth of the Vistula, as well as the metamorphosis of the landscape of Alto Douro. These examples may be an apt illustration of F. Braudel’s concept of “longue durée”.</p></abstract>

This article concerns the transitions of cultural landscapes, especially of viticultural landscapes. The authors do not aim to present new definition of the term “landscape” but base their study on the existing output of Polish and foreign scholars. The fact that cultural landscapes are in a constant state of flux is stressed, and periods of both development and regression are included. These phenomena are illustrated with reference to the transformations of Poland’s viticultural landscapes, the cultural landscapes of the Palmeral de Elche, and the mouth of the Vistula, as well as the metamorphosis of the landscape of Alto Douro. These examples may be an apt illustration of F. Braudel’s concept of “longue durée”.

Viticultural landscapes in transition: permanence and change

Department of Political Geography and Regional Studies

Miscellanea Geographica

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This article concerns the transitions of cultural landscapes, especially of viticultural landscapes. The authors do not aim to present new definition of the...

Viticultural landscapes in transition: permanence and change

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2018

Pages: 63 - 68

Reçu: 04 avr. 2018

Accepté: 29 mai 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0015

Mots clés
Cultural landscape, viticultural landscape, evolution, “longue durée”

© 2018 Joanna Miętkiewska-Brynda, Jerzy Makowski, published by Sciendo

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Viticultural landscapes in transition: permanence and change

Publié en ligne: 30 juin 2018

Pages: 63 - 68

Reçu: 04 avr. 2018

Accepté: 29 mai 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0015

Mots clésCultural landscape, viticultural landscape, evolution, “longue durée”

© 2018 Joanna Miętkiewska-Brynda, Jerzy Makowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Mots clés
Cultural landscape, viticultural landscape, evolution, “longue durée”