This unique area was originally recognized by UNESCO in 1986 and expanded in 2003 to include another UNESCO site, the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape. Pálava PLA is dominated by the limestone Pálava Hills (part of the outer Western Carpathians), and contains a significant proportion of natural or little affected steppe ecosystems that include meadow steppe, forest steppe, and thermophilic oak forest. In the floodplain of the river Thaya, forests alternate with meadows and wetland habitat that also include halophytic vegetation. The remaining part of Pálava PLA is used agriculturally, with many sustainably farmedvineyards that are a part of the Mikulovská wine subregion.
Pálava PLA contains well preserved monuments of historical significance, such as the Paleolithic site in Dolní Věstonice where the Venus of Dolní Věstonice was discovered. The largest town in Pálava PLA is Mikulov, located in its southernmost part.
pálava, protected, landscape, area, abbreviated, pálava, czech, chráněná, krajinná, oblast, pálava, abbreviated, chko, pálava, protected, landscape, area, unesco, biosphere, reserve, located, south, moravian, region, czech, republic, border, with, austria, hig. The Palava Protected Landscape Area abbreviated Palava PLA Czech Chranena krajinna oblast Palava abbreviated CHKO Palava is a protected landscape area and a UNESCO biosphere reserve located in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic on the border with Austria The highest point is Devin with its 550 metres 1 800 ft a s l PalavaPalava from the northwestLocationSouth Moravian Region Czech RepublicArea83 km2 32 sq mi Established1976 03 19OperatorPLA Administration PalavaWebsitepalava wbr ochranaprirody wbr cz wbr en wbr Description editThis unique area was originally recognized by UNESCO in 1986 and expanded in 2003 to include another UNESCO site the Lednice Valtice Cultural Landscape Palava PLA is dominated by the limestone Palava Hills part of the outer Western Carpathians and contains a significant proportion of natural or little affected steppe ecosystems that include meadow steppe forest steppe and thermophilic oak forest In the floodplain of the river Thaya forests alternate with meadows and wetland habitat that also include halophytic vegetation The remaining part of Palava PLA is used agriculturally with many sustainably farmed vineyards that are a part of the Mikulovska wine subregion Palava PLA contains well preserved monuments of historical significance such as the Paleolithic site in Dolni Vestonice where the Venus of Dolni Vestonice was discovered The largest town in Palava PLA is Mikulov located in its southernmost part Gallery edit nbsp Devicky Castle ruins over Nove Mlyny Reservoir nbsp Devin nbsp Sirotci hradek castle ruins nbsp Svaty kopecek hill over Mikulov nbsp This South Moravian Region location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a protected area in Europe is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Palava Protected Landscape Area amp oldid 1145548961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
