The Amalfi Lemon and its layered resilient landscape
The system where “flying farmers” harvest one of the world’s most celebrated fruits
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30/10/2025
The Amalfi lemon grows in a landscape as distinctive as its flavour. For nearly a thousand years, farmers have worked in harmony with nature to carve arable land from the sheer slopes of Italy’s Amalfi Coast, planting lemon groves, olives and vines along narrow ribbons of stone-walled terraces that cling to the mountainsides.
FAO recognized the Amalfi Lemon Gardens as a GIAHS in August 2025. The designation acknowledges this unique system as a cultural treasure but also a model of resilience worth protecting.
FAO recognized the Amalfi Lemon Gardens as a GIAHS in August 2025. The designation acknowledges this unique system as a cultural treasure but also a model of resilience worth protecting.