The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia contain all the elements that exemplify the exceptional values that so define this cultural landscape

What’s more, they also comprehensively represent the most important processes and characteristics of olive grove culture

Olive groves that are subject to traditional techniques that are not suffering the adverse effects of development or the impact of processes of deterioration

Regarding fruit-bearing olive groves and those groves that are protected and subject to regulations, we can guarantee the preservation of the relationships and the dynamic, ever-changing functions that are so apparent in this cultural landscape, and

which are essential in ensuring it safeguards its distinctive character

The culture of the olive tree can thus be seen as the element that combines everything, in other words, that which defines and characterises the territory that makes up The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia

The property as a whole combined with the area covered - in which olive grove landscape is ever-present - combine to form a land unit that is even larger once different sub-units of landscape have been included

These sub-units of landscape demonstrate how well humans have adapted to a territory shaped by the landscape thanks to a crop that is deeply rooted in the life of countless societies

By using the material evidence that each of these units of landscape gives us, we are able to read into the long historical process of adaptation this crop has undergone, as well as the cultural cycle they represent, not to mention the typological diversity and the variety of landscapes, techniques, methods, olive tree varieties and so on

All the landscapes harbour a number of features that demonstrate their uniqueness, which in turn are testament to their integrity in terms of the attributes that reflect each landscape's uniqueness and exceptional nature