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Ibiza
thumb|upright|Ibiza Insular Council Emblem
Way of Saint James
Catholic pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain
heath
thumb|upright=1.5|Flowering heath on Amrum, Germany
Lüneburg Heath
landscape, area of heath, geest and woodland in Lower Saxony, Germany
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
World Heritage Site in Spain
Orkhon Valley
valley
cultural landscape
landscape, which is permanently embossed by humans
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
World Heritage site in the Czech Republic
moorland
thumb|upright=1.4|Extensive moorland in the Desert of Wales
built environment
environment created by humans
Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
certification awarded by the Council of Europe
dehesa
thumb|A dehesa in Province of Badajoz|Badajoz, southwest Spain A dehesa () is a multifunctional, agrosylvopastoral system (a type of agroforestry) and cultural landscape of southern and central Spain and southern Portugal; in Portugal, it is known as a montado. Its name comes from the Latin defensa (fenced), referring to land that was fenced and usually destined for pasture. Dehesas may be private or communal property (usually belonging to the municipality). Used primarily for grazing, they produce a variety of products, including non-timber forest products such as wild game, mushrooms, honey,
Villa La Petraia
Medici Villa in Florence
Olmsted Brothers
landscape design firm
Allerton Garden
botanical garden located in Kauai, Hawaii, United States
Lavender Pit
former copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona
Isthmo-Colombian Area
cultural area in the Americas
Villa Gamberaia
villa
Flemmingen
The village of Flemmingen is one of the eleven components of the cultural landscape Naumburg Cathedral and the High Medieval Cultural Landscape of the Rivers Saale and Unstrut that has been proposed by the Federal Republic of Germany for inscription in the List of World Heritage. The World Heritage nomination is representative for the processes that shaped the continent during the High Middle Ages between 1000 and 1300: Christianization, the so-called “Landesausbau” and the dynamics of cultural exchange and transfer characteristic for this very period.