🏛️ Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces

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Lavaux is a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Lavaux consists of 830 hectares of terraced vineyards that stretch for about 30 kilometres (19 mi) along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva. The region is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the formal name Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces.

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Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces is a cultural World Heritage site in Switzerland, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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