The cultural landscape of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley offers a microcosmic perspective of the way people have harvested the resources of the high Pyrenees over millennia. Its dramatic glacial landscapes of craggy cliffs and glaciers, with high open pastures and steep wooded valleys, covers 9% of the total area of the principality. It reflects past changes in climate, economic fortune and social systems, as well as the persistence of pastoralism and a strong mountain culture, notably the survival of a communal land-ownership system dating back to the 13th century. The site features houses, notably summer settlements, terraced fields, stone tracks and evidence of iron smelting.
Thank you
Michel for the wonderful card with beautiful stamps and perfect cancellations.
Date of Inscription: 2004
Minor boundary modification inscribed year: 2006
Ref: 1160bis
1979 ANDORRA ES stamp- Folklore
1987 ANDORRA FR stamp- The First Arms of Valleys of Andorra( New values Stamp)
2010 ANDORRA FR Stamp- Coat of Arms