PYRAMIDAL CYPRESS TREES, LINEAR TERRACES AND A WALK AMONG AROMATIC HERBS. MULTIFACETED CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND HUMAN PERCEPTION THEREOF.

The author discusses the multifaceted nature of cultural landscape and the human perception. We are usually not aware of the significance of this multifaceted nature. By studying scientific publications and certain statutory provisions in the fi eld of environmental conservation, the author wanted to examine the diversity of the term cultural landscape and of the differences in our perception of it. This diverse picture (based on examples from the Slovenian Littoral region) incorporates fi ndings from different fi elds such as psychology, phenomenology, hermeneutics, aesthetics etc. The aim of this paper is to present the many layers of our perception and thus our interpretation of landscapes that influences also our relationship with and conservation of landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]