China - Dazu Rock Carvings

The steep hillsides of the Dazu area contain an exceptional series of rock carvings dating from the 9th to the 13th century. They are remarkable for their aesthetic quality, their rich diversity of subject matter, both secular and religious, and the light that they shed on everyday life in China during this period. They provide outstanding evidence of the harmonious synthesis of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

Year of Inscription: 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/912

South Africa - Robben Island

Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military base. Its buildings, particularly those of the late 20th century such as the maximum security prison for political prisoners, witness the triumph of democracy and freedom over oppression and racism.

Date of Inscription: 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/916

   

Brazil - Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina

Diamantina, a colonial village set like a jewel in a necklace of inhospitable rocky mountains, recalls the exploits of diamond prospectors in the 18th century and testifies to the triumph of human cultural and artistic endeavour over the environment.

Year of Inscription: 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/890

 

Brazil - Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves

Look at this beautiful Aerial View over the Natural Heritage in Brazil. I would do so much to live in such a beautiful Environment. If you like mountains - i'm gladly exchanging our homes for some months ;)

The Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, in the states of Paraná and São Paulo, contain some of the best and most extensive examples of Atlantic forest in Brazil. The 25 protected areas that make up the site (some 470,000 ha in total) display the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the last remaining Atlantic forests. From mountains covered by dense forests, down to wetlands, coastal islands with isolated mountains and dunes, the area comprises a rich natural environment of great scenic beauty.

Date of Inscription: 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/893

Belgium / France - Belfries of Belgium and France

I'm looking for all other Belfries too!

Twenty-three belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed as a group, an extension to the 32 Belgian belfries inscribed in 1999 as Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia. Built between the 11th and 17th centuries, they showcase the Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles of architecture. They are highly significant tokens of the winning of civil liberties. While Italian, German and English towns mainly opted to build town halls, in part of north-western Europe, greater emphasis was placed on building belfries. Compared with the keep (symbol of the seigneurs) and the bell-tower (symbol of the Church), the belfry, the third tower in the urban landscape, symbolizes the power of the aldermen. Over the centuries, they came to represent the influence and wealth of the towns.

943-002 Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal - Antwerpen, Handschoenmarkt, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (received Jan 2012)

943-003 Stadhuis in Antwerp juneRR - 71 - ferro

943-001 - Belfort en Schepenhuis / Beffroi et maison échevinale
Aalst, Grote Markt 3, Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-004 - Belfort en Hallen
Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-005 - Stadhuis met Belfort
Dendermonde, Grote Markt 1, Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-006 - Stadhuis met Belfort

Diksmuide, Grote Markt 6, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-007Stadhuis met Belfort

Eeklo, Grote Markt 34, Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-008Belfort, Lakenhal en Mammelokker (ancienne prison)

Gent, Botermarkt 17, Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-009Voormalig Stadhuis / Lakenhal

Herentals, Grote Markt, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

943-010Belfort met Lakenhal (Beffroi / Halle-aux-Draps)

Ieper, Grote Markt 34, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-011Het Belfort of Halletoren

Kortrijk, Grote Markt, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-012Sint-Pieterskerk / Belfort

Leuven, Vlaams Bramant, Flanders, Belgium

943-013Stadhuis en Belforttoren

Lier, Grote Markt 58, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

943-014Voormalig Stadhuis met Belfort

Lo-Reninge, Markt 1, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-015Ancienne Halle avec Beffroi

Mechelen, Grote Markt 21, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

943-016Tour de Saint-Rombaut

Mechelen, Sint-Romboutskerkhof, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

943-017Belfort en Stadhuis

Menen, Grote Markt 1, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-018Stadshal met Belfort

Nieuwpoort, Grote Markt, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-019Stadhuis met Belfort

Oudenaarde, Grote Markt 1, Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-020 - Stadhuis, Stadshal en Belfort

Roeselare, Grote Markt/Zuidstraat, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

943-021 - Stadhuis met Toren

Sint-Truiden, Grote Markt, Limbourg, Flanders,

943-022 - "Halletoren" ou Belfort, Hal en Schepenkamer

Tielt, Markt 1, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders,

943-023Sint-Germanuskerk met Stadstoren

Tienen, Veemarkt 36, Vlaams Brabant, Flanders,

943-024Onze-Lieve-Lievevrouwebasiliek met Stadstoren

Tongeren, Grote Markt, Limbourg, Flanders,

943-025Landhuis met Belfort

Veurne, Grote Markt 29, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders,

943-026 - Zoutleeuw, Grote Markt, Vlaams Brabant, Flanders,

943-027Beffroi de l'Hôtel de Ville de Binche

Binche, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

943-028Beffroi de l'Hôtel de Ville de Charleroi

Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia,

943-029Beffroi de Mons

Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

943-030Beffroi de Namur

Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

943-031Beffroi de Thuin

Thuin, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

943-032Beffroi de Tournai

Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

943-033Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville d’Armentières

Armentières, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-034Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Bailleul

Bailleul, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-035Beffroi de Bergues

Bergues, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-036Beffroi de l’église St-Martin de Cambrai

Cambrai, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-037Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Comines

Comines, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-038Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Douai

Douai, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-039Beffroi de l’église St-Eloi de Dunkerque

Dunkerque, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-040Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Dunkerque

Dunkerque, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-041Beffroi de Gravelines

Gravelines, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-042Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Lille

Lille, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-043Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Loos

Loos, Nord, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-044Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville d’Aire-sur-la-Lys

Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas de Calais, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-045Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville d’Arras

Arras, Pas de Calais, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-046Beffroi de Béthune

Béthune, Pas de Calais, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-047Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Boulogne

Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-048Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville de Calais

Calais, Pas de Calais, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-049Beffroi de l’Hôtel de Ville d’Hesdin

Hesdin, Pas de Calais, Nord Pas de Calais, France

943-050Beffroi d’Abbeville

Abbeville, Somme, Picardie, France

943-051Beffroi d’Amiens

Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France

943-052Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de Doullens

Doullens, Somme, Picardie, France

943-053Beffroi de porte de Lucheux

Lucheux, Somme, Picardie, France

943-054Beffroi de Rue

Rue, Somme, Picardie, France

943-055Beffroi de Saint-Riquier

Saint-Riquier, Somme, Picardie, France

943-056Beffroi de Gembloux

Gembloux, Namur, Wallonne, Belgium

Austria - City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg

The City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs and the cultural and artistic role played by the main aristocratic families. They are a harmonious blend of the architectural styles and artistic movements that have succeeded each other from the Middle Ages until the 18th century, from the many neighbouring regions of Central and Mediterranean Europe. They embody a diversified and highly comprehensive ensemble of architectural, decorative and landscape examples of these interchanges of influence.

Year of Inscription: 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/931

official

SeptemberRR - marcie

official

MarchRR - marcie

South Africa - iSimangaliso Wetland Park

The ongoing fluvial, marine and aeolian processes in the site have produced a variety of landforms, including coral reefs, long sandy beaches, coastal dunes, lake systems, swamps, and extensive reed and papyrus wetlands. The interplay of the park's environmental heterogeneity with major floods and coastal storms and a transitional geographic location between subtropical and tropical Africa has resulted in exceptional species diversity and ongoing speciation. The mosaic of landforms and habitat types creates breathtaking scenic vistas. The site contains critical habitats for a range of species from Africa's marine, wetland and savannah environments.

Date of Inscription; 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/914

private swap with chrystal_ali

private swap with chrystal_ali

 

United Kingdom - Heart of Neolithic Orkney

The group of Neolithic monuments on Orkney consists of a large chambered tomb (Maes Howe), two ceremonial stone circles (the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar) and a settlement (Skara Brae), together with a number of unexcavated burial, ceremonial and settlement sites. The group constitutes a major prehistoric cultural landscape which gives a graphic depiction of life in this remote archipelago in the far north of Scotland some 5,000 years ago.

Date of Inscription: 1999

further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/514

Poland - Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a breathtaking cultural landscape of great spiritual significance. Its natural setting – in which a series of symbolic places of worship relating to the Passion of Jesus Christ and the life of the Virgin Mary was laid out at the beginning of the 17th century – has remained virtually unchanged. It is still today a place of pilgrimage.

Date of Inscription: 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/905

Postcard 1: BIG UNESCO #24 - bodexs

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Czech Republic - Litomyšl Castle

Litomyšl Castle was originally a Renaissance arcade-castle of the type first developed in Italy and then adopted and greatly developed in central Europe in the 16th century. Its design and decoration are particularly fine, including the later High-Baroque features added in the 18th century. It preserves intact the range of ancillary buildings associated with an aristocratic residence of this type.

Date of Inscription: 1999

Postcard 1: received from radim via October50 RR, 2011

stamp shows a baroque house in the unesco city zamek (WHS: Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape)

from radim

Turkmenistan - State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”

Merv is the oldest and best-preserved of the oasis-cities along the Silk Route in Central Asia. The remains in this vast oasis span 4,000 years of human history. A number of monuments are still visible, particularly from the last two millennia.

Date of Inscription: 1999

further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/886

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Viet Nam - My Son Sanctuary

Between the 4th and 13th centuries a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Viet Nam. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower-temples located in a dramatic site that was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for most of its existence.

Date of Inscription: 1999

MarchRR - 11 - Joinhanoi

Vietnam - Hoi An Ancient Town

Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.

Date of Inscription: 1999

Postcards are all from JoinHanoi

India - Mountain Railways of India

Would love to get cards from Kalka Shilma Railway and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

This site includes three railways. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was the first, and is still the most outstanding, example of a hill passenger railway. Opened in 1881, its design applies bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective rail link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty. The construction of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a 46-km long metre-gauge single-track railway in Tamil Nadu State was first proposed in 1854, but due to the difficulty of the mountainous location the work only started in 1891 and was completed in 1908. This railway, scaling an elevation of 326 m to 2,203 m, represented the latest technology of the time. The Kalka Shimla Railway, a 96-km long, single track working rail link built in the mid-19th century to provide a service to the highland town of Shimla is emblematic of the technical and material efforts to disenclave mountain populations through the railway. All three railways are still fully operational. 

Date of Inscription: 1999

Postcard 1: private swap with sita, received in november 2011 // Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Romania - Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains

Built in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. under Dacian rule, these fortresses show an unusual fusion of military and religious architectural techniques and concepts from the classical world and the late European Iron Age. The six defensive works, the nucleus of the Dacian Kingdom, were conquered by the Romans at the beginning of the 2nd century A.D.; their extensive and well-preserved remains stand in spectacular natural surroundings and give a dramatic picture of a vigorous and innovative civilization. 

Date of Inscription: 1999 

Postcard 1: received from violeta13, private swap, in December 2011 

Portugal - Laurisilva of Madeira

The Laurisilva of Madeira is an outstanding relict of a previously widespread laurel forest type. It is the largest surviving area of laurel forest and is believed to be 90% primary forest. It contains a unique suite of plants and animals, including many endemic species such as the Madeiran long-toed pigeon. 

Date of Inscription: 1999
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/934

 

Postcard 3: BIG UNESCO RR #41 - received from martinha in November 2011

Netherlands - Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)

The Beemster Polder, dating from the early 17th century, is is an exceptional example of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. It has preserved intact its well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements, laid out in accordance with classical and Renaissance planning principles.

Date of Inscription: 1999

Postcard 1: aprilRR - 18 - muldj01

Russia - Western Caucasus

The Western Caucasus, extending over 275,000 ha of the extreme western end of the Caucasus mountains and located 50 km north-east of the Black Sea, is one of the few large mountain areas of Europe that has not experienced significant human impact. Its subalpine and alpine pastures have only been grazed by wild animals, and its extensive tracts of undisturbed mountain forests, extending from the lowlands to the subalpine zone, are unique in Europe. The site has a great diversity of ecosystems, with important endemic plants and wildlife, and is the place of origin and reintroduction of the mountain subspecies of the European bison. 


Date of Inscription: 1999


Postcard 1: Meet up RR 50B from raima 

Romania - Wooden Churches of Maramureş

These eight churches are outstanding examples of a range of architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They show the variety of designs and craftsmanship adopted in these narrow, high, timber constructions with their characteristic tall, slim clock towers at the western end of the building, either single- or double-roofed and covered by shingles. As such, they are a particular vernacular expression of the cultural landscape of this mountainous area of northern Romania.

Date of Inscription: 1999

Postcard 1: MayRR - #56 - lil_oana

Romania - Historic Centre of Sighişoara

Founded by German craftsmen and merchants known as the Saxons of Transylvania, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries. 

Date of Inscription: 1999 

Postcard 1: official Postcrossing card - RO-17408

Postcard 2: JuneRR - 21 - daniela_dmp