🌴 Palmeral of Elche
UNESCO World Heritage oasis landscape in southeastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Designated UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000
- Spans approximately 5,500 hectares of date palm groves in Elche, Spain
- Origins trace to Moorish agricultural settlement in the 8th–10th centuries
- Still an active agricultural landscape managed through traditional irrigation acequias
The Palmeral of Elche is a vast oasis landscape in southeastern Spain's Alicante province, representing one of Europe's ...