Cortile del Belvedere (never completed)

Terraced fields

By the Incas

Villa della Regina's Terrace Garden

a highly elaborate system of pyramids, terraces, and staircases (AB ev)

vine terraces

used for the vineyards

built on terraces

Pumapungo

To construct the buildings on different terraces, the mountainside had to be specially prepared. The bare rock was cut and the foundations filled in with the resulting stone blocks to create a wall, and then on the outside, the foundations were filled in and supported by thick retaining walls. (AB ev)

Crit i: "its stepped, unroofed pyramid consisting of ten superimposing terraces"

"the slopes descending from the volcanic piedmont to the coastal plains were modified into a series of ten successive terraces" (AB ev)

"the terraces as well as the gravityfed irrigation systems for pastures and hayfields remain important evidence of adaptation to the local natural conditions." (AB ev)

"Among major ancient innovations in Hawraman/Uramanat is the clever technical terracing in mountain slopes. The intelligent method of setting up these terraces and their creative architecture shows wisely observance of structural, architectural and scientific principles beside an innovate construction of water drainage system and foundation. Some of these terraces dates back to hundreds of years ago but they are still intact and functioning." (Nomination file, p. 73)

"ICOMOS further observes that, based on the nomination dossier, the key tangible attributes of the nominated property can be grouped as follows: human-modified landforms, terracing, (...)." (AB Ev)

"geometric terraced mounds reinforced by stone" (AB ev)

"... over 1,000 man-made flat terraces, large and small, have been identified. The flat areas are the sites of workshops where silver production was carried out" (nom file)

"is dominated by a series of terraced stone ruins" (see link)
See zimbabwetourism.net

Fields are organised in terraces (AB ev)

Persepolis is located over a half artificial terrace.

Sarmizegetusa Regia was constructed on five terraces (wiki)

surrounding El Castillo

terraced gardens

"The Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains (...) is organised, in the form of terraces, around a group of sixteen archaeological ruins, or Diy-Gid-Biy, spread across seven villages associated with agricultural terraces." – "According to the additional information from February 2025, the DGBs are also associated with agricultural terraces (...)." (Ab Ev)

"The main ceremonial center is atop an artificially leveled hill, with remains of residential structures, mostly unexcavated, on long terraces covering the slopes" W(wiki)

Rice field terraces of Tujia villages

Vat Phou Temple (stone terraces attached to the hills forming entraces and temple grounds)

Cultivated terraces were built by damming the bottom of local wadis with low terrace walls (nom file)

"In the nominated property a peculiar form of terracing called "ciglioni" was chosen. They respond to the same need to create a flat surface on which cultivating is possible, but with a very unusual technique using grass instead of dry stone walls, as is more popular in most regions." (Nomination file, p. 86)

See www.flickr.com

".. the isolated hermitage perched on narrow, human-made terraces just below the South Peak" (OUV)

built in a series of terraces

"huge monumental platforms, terraces and mounds"

The landscape has been shaped to create unique farming terraces (AB ev)

Gran Pajat

The precolumbian site of Coctaca has agricultural terraces

Dufferin Terrace
See www.quebec-cite.com

Huacahuasi, Rumiqolqa, Choqetakarpu

funerary terraces (AB ev)

agricultural terraces

(stone terraces attached to the hills forming entraces and temple grounds)

Sans Souci Palace Vineyard Terrace

See www.uc.edu

Monte Alban: "the site is characterized by several hundred artificial terraces" (wiki)

"This funerary mound, whose interior layout remains unknown despite numerous attempts to locate the dromos, is surrounded on the east, west and north sides by artificial terraces" (AB ev)

"The monasteries demonstrate a flexible architectural style that adapts to the landscape. Some, such as the halls of Baoguosi, are built on terraces of varying levels" (wiki)

The Cistercians (and their lay brothers) made them for water management purposes

Bianjiashan Terrace, Meirendi Terrace, Mojiaoshan Terrace

"Some of the fields are terraces on the hills."

Shalamar Gardens are terraced

Below the Bock, dating from the 17th century. Used for gardens.

"The garden was landscaped with a series of terraces planted with lawns, flowering trees, flowers, a lotus pool and pavilions set against a wooded background." - AB Document (Unesco Description)

Bahai gardens

Roman city plan (which is still intact) was based on terraces

"Agricultural terraces were also constructed on the lower hill-slopes." (AB ev)

patamares

"Building remains within the walls follow a street and drainage system on the terraced hillside sloping down to the Tangya River on the east." (AB ev)

"All structures belonging to this period were built on terraces along the slope, their different height levels determining the siting of buildings depending on their different functions and symbolic contexts" (AB ev)

"Attributes encompass the consecutive stepped terraces.." (AB ev)