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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 | WIKI |
From the late 19th century, the dune landscape around Nidden became popular with landscape and animal painters from the Kunstakademie Kxc3xb6nigsberg arts school. | WIKI |
Several ecological communities are present on and near the Spit, from its outer beaches to dune ridges, wetlands, meadows, and forests. | WIKI |
Parnidis dune and sundial[edit] | WIKI |
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. | WIKI |
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. | WIKI |
There is a granite sundial built on Parnidis dune in 1995 that accurately shows the time. | WIKI |
From the astronomical point of view Parnidis Dune is an ideal place for the sundial in Lithuania. | WIKI |
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. | UNESCO |
Dune stabilisation work began, and has continued ever since. | UNESCO |
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. | UNESCO |
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. | UNESCO |
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. | UNESCO |
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. | UNESCO |