Slovakia - Original Meadow - Pasture Sites of Slovakia

The locality is represented by a set of sites on the territory of the Slovak Republic demonstrating a traditional method of economic activities based on natural conditions In the region. As a whole, these areas represent a unique Image of landscape formed by human activities. The territories present examples of the category of organically developed landscape In three subcategories: vinicultural landscape, grassland landscape and old mining landscape. The locality as a complex makes possible clear presentation of the impact of natural-climatic and sconomiosocial conditions on the population's development, way of housing and farming. Localities In In the Vinicultural landscape subcategory represent the organic landscape in development, which has preserved the active social role in the soc7isty. Representative localities for tentative list preparation in this subcategory had been selected from the whole territory of Slovakia on the basis of several criteria: shape, size, compactness, anthropogenic forms of relief, preservation of traditional forms of farming, the presence of building objects, historical conditions of cultural landscape forming and the location