Claim: Palmeral of Elche, located at Elche, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, was designated by the US government for having cultural and historical significance categorized under Cultural: (ii), (v).
Evidence: Elche, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain Cultural: (ii), (v) 
The Palmeral or Palm Grove of Elche (Spanish: Palmeral de Elche, Valencian: Palmerar d'Elx) is the generic name for a system of date palm orchards in the city of Elche, Spain. The UN organization cited two of the six protection requirements, particularly Criteria II and Criteria V. Under Criteria II, the Palmeral of Elche represented cultural expansion and cohesion through landscape transference practices from North Africa to Europe. Under Criteria V, the heterogeneous (i.e., Roman, Islamic, and Christian) irrigation system constituted cultural significance.