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Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba

Kategorie
Cultural
Land
Cuba
Einschreibungsjahr
2000
Kriterien
(iii)(iv)
UNESCO-ID
1008

Beschreibung

The remains of the 19th-century coffee plantations in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra are unique evidence of a pioneer form of agriculture in a difficult terrain. They throw considerable light on the economic, social, and technological history of the Caribbean and Latin American region.