The Douro Wine Region has been a World Heritage for 20 years. That is worth to be remembered, but what inspires us is much more than a celebration: It’s a tribute to the Douro people. It is to them, to the Douro people of yesterday and today, that the Douro owes its identity, its magic, its fragrance, its essence. The Douro Wine Region has been a World Heritage for 20 years. That is worth to be remembered, but what inspires us is much more than a celebration: It’s a tribute to the Douro people. It is to them, to the Douro people of yesterday and today, that the Douro owes its identity, its magic, its fragrance, its essence. The Douro Wine Region has been a World Heritage for 20 years. That is worth to be remembered, but what inspires us is much more than a celebration: It’s a tribute to the Douro people. It is to them, to the Douro people of yesterday and today, that the Douro owes its identity, its magic, its fragrance, its essence.

The “Cultural, Evolving and Living Landscape” - the classification we received in 2001 - is not an act of nature, but rather a human effort of strength, ambition, resilience and hope. For this reason, we hereby tell you 20 stories of everyday heroes of the Douro, of its past, present and future.

Others will join in the more than 50 initiatives that will take place between December 14th of 2021, and December 14th of 2022.
But the best way to pay tribute to a legacy is by projecting its future, its sustainability. That’s why the programming of this initiative will also be debating the next 20 years. But the best way to pay tribute to a legacy is by projecting its future, its sustainability. That’s why the programming of this initiative will also be debating the next 20 years. But the best way to pay tribute to a legacy is by projecting its future, its sustainability. That’s why the programming of this initiative will also be debating the next 20 years.

We want that the landscape that fills us with such pride and dazzles the world to be a thriving place where all generations meet, where value springs from the bond between the old and the new, where the present is nothing without the past, and where the future has all it takes to be better - to be brilliant.