Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural

Landscape (2002)

“The King of Wines”“The Wine of Kings”

By: Gerome Mikhail C. Tipan

Introduction There are lots of cultural landscape all

around the world that compels a certain country famous and tourists do come and witness its spectacular design and characteristics.

The organization , UNESCO, has its own criteria for selection and emblazed it as Word Heritage Site. One of those outstanding examples of a region involved in the production of wine for centuries Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northeastern Hungary – The Tokaj Wine Region.

Learning Objectives

Within the presentation, the students are

expected to:

describe one of the inscribed as World Heritage Site by the World Heritage Committee;

distinguish achieved criterion in the World Heritage List;

appreciate how it helps the people living in Hungary.

Contents: History

Magyar Tribes believed it was the center of the empire of Attila the Hun

It became a protected refuge for Hungarians

Ottoman period that the Tokaji Aszu for which the region became world famous was first produced.

Contents: Description

The cultural landscape of Tokaj graphically demonstrates the long tradition of wine production in this region of low hills and river valleys.

The intricate pattern of vineyards, farms, villages and small towns, with their historic networks of deep wine cellars,

illustrates every facet of the production of the famous Tokaj wines, the quality and management of which have been strictly regulated for nearly three centuries.

vineyards farms

Contents: Description

Tokaj wine region represents a distinct viticultural tradition. (Criterion iii)

Both vineyards & long established settlements, vividly illustrates the specialized form of traditional land-use that it represents.(Criteria v)

Contents: Etymology

Wine cellars: vaulted & the excavated.

Characteristics

derived from an Armenian word for grape

evidence that viticulture was already being

practised.

Concluding Statement

The longer the time is the

preservation of a certain tradition (e.g., viticultural tradition) of a place and the proper use of land where people used to settle conduced to a bountiful of harvest and products most and especially being known all over the world.

References

Photos and Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1063

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/tokajiwineregion.html

http://tourinform.hu/english/world-heritage/wine-region-of-tokaj

Thank You! Submitted to: Mr. Ardniel

A. Baladjay,Ms Horti