Italy has a new UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Prosecco Hills. There are now 55 Italian sites

It’s official: during the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (underway until July 10 in Baku, Azerbaijan), a new site from Italy was decreed as a World Heritage Site itself. It is the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, whose candidacy dates as far back as 2010. The new site includes the area in the province of Treviso, Veneto, between the towns of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene.

In the official Unesco description, it says that “the area includes a series of hill ranges, running from east to west, and following one after the other from the plains to the Pre-Alps, equidistant from the Dolomites and the Adriatic Sea, which has a positive effect on the climate and the countryside. While Conegliano is home to many wine-related institutions, Valdobbiadene is the productive heart of the wine area. The steep hillsides make it difficult to mechanize work, and as a result, vineyard management has always been in the hands of small producers. It is thanks to this large, peaceful army of workers and because of their love for their land that it has been possible to preserve these beautiful hillsides and create a strong bond between people and the countryside. The result of this strong bond is an extraordinary example of how this ancient culture is strongly rooted to its land.”

Viticulture in the area between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene is indeed of ancient origin (it is not known exactly when the origins date back to, but it is known that wine was already produced here in Roman times), and Prosecco has been produced in this area for more than two hundred years. This brings Italy’s number of World Heritage Sites to 55, making it once again first in the world for the number of sites included in the UNESCO list (tied with China).

“The beautiful Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene are as of today the 55th Italian site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List,” confirms Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi. “With the decision of the special Unesco selection committee, the universal value of a unique cultural and agricultural landscape is recognized, arising from an extraordinary, skillful interaction between a production activity of excellence and the nature of a fascinating territory.”

Italy has a new UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Prosecco Hills. There are now 55 Italian sites

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