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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Curonian Spit' has mentioned 'Dune' in the following places:
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Contents 1 Geography 2 Geologic history 3 Human history 3.1 Mythology 3.2 The Medieval period 3.3 Kursenieki habitation 3.4 Artists' colony 3.5 20th century 3.6 Today 4 Kursenieki 5 Current state 6 Tourism 6.1 Parnidis dune and sundial 7 Environmental concerns 8 See also 9 References 10 External links
From the late 19th century, the dune landscape around Nidden became popular with landscape and animal painters from the Kunstakademie Kxc3xb6nigsberg arts school.
Several ecological communities are present on and near the Spit, from its outer beaches to dune ridges, wetlands, meadows, and forests.
Parnidis dune and sundial[edit]
The interpretation of the name of Parnidis dune xe2x80x93 local residents believe that the name comes from the phrase meaning xe2x80x9cpassed across Nidaxe2x80x9d, because this wind-blown dune has several times passed through the village of Nida.
Scientists estimated that each person climbing or descending on the steep dune slopes moves several tons of sand, so hikers are allowed to climb only in designated paths.
There is a granite sundial built on Parnidis dune in 1995 that accurately shows the time.
From the astronomical point of view Parnidis Dune is an ideal place for the sundial in Lithuania.
The history of the Curonian Spit is dramatic: 5,000 years ago, a narrow peninsula (98 km in length and 0.4-3.8 km in width), the Great Dune Ridge separating the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon, was formed on moraine islands from sand transported by currents, and later covered by forest.
Dune stabilisation work began, and has continued ever since.
By the end of the 19th century, a protective dune ridge was formed along the seashore to prevent inland sand migration, and the Great Dune Ridge was reinforced using trees and brushwood hedges.
The most valuable elements and qualities of the Curonian Spit cultural landscape are its unique size and general spatial structure, demonstrating the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature; the characteristic panoramas and the silhouette of the Curonian lagoon; cultural elements including the remains of postal tracks, trade villages from the 10th and 11th centuries, traditional fishermen villages and other archaeological heritage covered by sand; the spatial-planned structure and architecture of ancient fishermen villages turned into resort settlements (ancient wooden fishermen houses, professionally designed buildings of the 19th century, including lighthouses, piers, churches, schools, villas); and elements of marine cultural heritage; natural and human-made elements including the distinctive Great Dune Ridge and individual dunes, relics of ancient parabolic dunes; a human-made protective coastal dune ridge; relics of moraine islands, seacoast and littoral forests and littoral capes; ancient forests, mountain pine forests and other unique sand flora and fauna including a bird migration path; and the social-cultural traditions, spirituality, and the social perception of the area, which reflect the local lifestyle formerly centred on fishermen, artists, scientists, yachtsmen and gliders, travellers and other visitors.
The most vulnerable elements of the Curonian Spit cultural landscape are the oldest wooden fishermenxe2x80x99s houses, the wooden decor of professionally designed buildings, and the human-made protective coastal dune ridge, which is influenced by the natural coastal processes under the influence of global climate change.
These include the marine cultural heritage; traditional trades, folklore and artistic traditions; the ethnographic elements of the fishermenxe2x80x99s lifestyles; unique methods of protective coast and dune ridge management and forest maintenance; sustainable recreational activities and a cultural leisure tradition dating back to the 19th century.