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The Interpretation of Vodnjan Cultural Landscape in the Online Presentation

Morphologically speaking, the area of town Vodnjan, situated in the south of Istrian peninsula, is flat limestone area frequently carved with typical karst sinkholes which define certain cultivation. As a cultural landscape, it is in the first place specific with its maintained Roman land division – regular geometrical structures dividing land by stonewalls. Other unique structures, specific for the area, are - kažun (a small round structure constructed by a dry stack technique out of readily available flat stones, traditionally used in livestock) and a number of archaeological sites (most of them are the remains of medieval small churches). Due to the above mentioned characteristics that make a landscape of Vodnjan valuable and significant on an international level, the Mediterranean landscape of Vodnjan should be an important carrier of regional and national identity providing tourist and economic development. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of cultural landscape of Vodnjan in the online presentation, in other words, to determine the level of public consciousness about values of the cultural landscape. The results showed that the content of the cultural landscape is 47, 3%. Assuming that uploaded photographs tell us about identity of the place created by the public, it was concluded that sacral elements have a high degree of symbolic meaning in the landscape. Roman land division, which was considered as a valuable element of cultural landscape, is unattended in the media. Comparing the landscape identity obtained by Landscape Character Assessment with the one represented online, created by the public, showed some deviations.

Online Presentation ; Roman Land Division ; Landscape Character ; Stonewalls ; Visual Symbols

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