Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo

In the valley of the Roussenski Lom River, in north east Bulgaria, a complex of rock-hewn churches, chapels, monasteries and cells developed in the vicinity of the village of Ivanovo. This is where the first hermits had dug out their cells and churches during the 12th century. The 14th-century murals testify to the exceptional skill of the artists belonging to the Tarnovo School of painting.

Bulgaria

Village of Ivanovo, 16 km from the town of Ruse, Province of Ruse

N43 43 0 E25 58 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (ii)(iii)

Property : 172 ha

Ref: 45

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Tikal National Park

Tikal National Park

In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. The ceremonial centre contains superb temples and palaces, and public squares accessed by means of ramps. Remains of dwellings are scattered throughout the surrounding countryside.

Guatemala

Department of El Peten

N17 13 0 W89 37 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)(ix)(x)

Property : 57,600 ha

Ref: 64

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Antigua Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala

Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773 but its principal monuments are still preserved as ruins. In the space of under three centuries the city, which was built on a grid pattern inspired by the Italian Renaissance, acquired a number of superb monuments.

Guatemala

Department of Sacatepéquez, Panchoy Valley

N14 34 0 W90 40 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)

Ref: 65

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

 Egypt

Governorate of Giza

N29 58 33.744 E31 7 49.476

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(iii)(vi)

Property : 16,359 ha 

Ref: 86

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)

Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)

The fortified walls, barbed wire, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and cremation ovens show the conditions within which the Nazi genocide took place in the former concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest in the Third Reich. According to historical investigations, 1.5 million people, among them a great number of Jews, were systematically starved, tortured and murdered in this camp, the symbol of humanity's cruelty to its fellow human beings in the 20th century.

Poland

Oswiecim County, Lesser Poland (Malopolska) Voivodship (formerly Bielsko-Biala)

N50 2 20 E19 10 30

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (vi)

Property : 192 ha

Ref: 31

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Amphitheatre of El Jem

Amphitheatre of El Jem

The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa, a huge amphitheatre which could hold up to 35,000 spectators, are found in the small village of El Jem. This 3rd-century monument illustrates the grandeur and extent of Imperial Rome.

Tunisia

El-Mahdia

N35 17 47.004 E10 42 24.984

Date of Inscription: 1979

Minor modification inscribed year: 2010

Criteria: (iv)(vi)

Property : 1.37 ha

Buffer zone: 26 ha

Ref: 38bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Archaeological Site of Carthage

Archaeological Site of Carthage

Carthage was founded in the 9th century B.C. on the Gulf of Tunis. From the 6th century onwards, it developed into a great trading empire covering much of the Mediterranean and was home to a brilliant civilization. In the course of the long Punic wars, Carthage occupied territories belonging to Rome, which finally destroyed its rival in 146 B.C. A second – Roman – Carthage was then established on the ruins of the first.

Tunisia

District of Tunis

N36 51 10.008 E10 19 23.988

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(vi)

Property : 616 ha

Ref: 37

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay

Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stand the 'Wonder of the West', a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel St Michael, and the village that grew up in the shadow of its great walls. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, the abbey is a technical and artistic tour de force, having had to adapt to the problems posed by this unique natural site.

France

Department of Manche, Region of Basse-Normandie

N48 38 8.016 W1 30 38.016

Date of Inscription: 1979

Minor modification inscribed year: 2007

Criteria: (i)(iii)(vi)

Property : 6,560 ha

Buffer zone: 57,510 ha

Ref: 80bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Boyana Church

Brief Description

Located on the outskirts of Sofia, Boyana Church consists of three buildings. The eastern church was built in the 10th century, then enlarged at the beginning of the 13th century by Sebastocrator Kaloyan, who ordered a second two storey building to be erected next to it. The frescoes in this second church, painted in 1259, make it one of the most important collections of medieval paintings. The ensemble is completed by a third church, built at the beginning of the 19th century. This site is one of the most complete and perfectly preserved monuments of east European medieval art.

Bulgaria

Boyana district, Sofia

N42 38 60 E23 16 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (ii)(iii)

Property : 0.68 ha

Buffer zone: 14 ha

Ref: 42

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

Brief Description

Discovered in 1944, this tomb dates from the Hellenistic period, around the end of the 4th century BC. It is located near Seutopolis, the capital city of the Thracian king Seutes III, and is part of a large Thracian necropolis. The tholos has a narrow corridor and a round burial chamber, both decorated with murals representing Thracian burial rituals and culture. These paintings are Bulgaria’s best-preserved artistic masterpieces from the Hellenistic period.

Bulgaria

Kazanlak, Province of Stara Zagora

N42 37 0 E25 23 60

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)

Property : 0.02 ha

Buffer zone: 7.09 ha

Ref: 44

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Madara Rider

Brief Description

The Madara Rider, representing the figure of a knight triumphing over a lion, is carved into a 100-m-high cliff near the village of Madara in north-east Bulgaria. Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria’s conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that occurred between AD 705 and 801.

Bulgaria

Village of Madara, Province of Shumen

N43 17 60 E27 8 60

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(iii)

Property : 1.20 ha

Buffer zone: 502 ha

Ref: 43

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Chartres Cathedral

Brief Description

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, the porches adorned with fine sculptures from the middle of the 12th century, and the magnificent 12th- and 13th-century stained-glass windows, all in remarkable condition, combine to make it a masterpiece.

France

Department of Eure-et-Loire, Centre Region

N48 26 51 E1 29 14

Date of Inscription: 1979

Minor modification inscribed year: 2009

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)

Property : 1.06 ha

Buffer zone: 62 ha

Ref: 81bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian

Brief Description

The ruins of Diocletian's Palace, built between the late 3rd and the early 4th centuries A.D., can be found throughout the city. The cathedral was built in the Middle Ages, reusing materials from the ancient mausoleum. Twelfth- and 13th-century Romanesque churches, medieval fortifications, 15th-century Gothic palaces and other palaces in Renaissance and Baroque style make up the rest of the protected area.

 

Croatia

County of Split-Dalmatia

N43 30 33.984 E16 26 35.988

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)

Property : 21 ha

Ref: 97

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor

Brief Description

In the Middle Ages, this natural harbour on the Adriatic coast in Montenegro was an important artistic and commercial centre with its own famous schools of masonry and iconography. A large number of the monuments (including four Romanesque churches and the town walls) were seriously damaged by the 1979 earthquake but the town has been restored, largely with UNESCO’s help.

Montenegro

Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor), City of Kotor and surrounding territory, Republic of Montenegro

N42 28 59.988 E18 41 60

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)

Property : 14,600 ha

Ref: 125

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley

Brief Description

The Vézère valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. It is particularly interesting from an ethnological and anthropological, as well as an aesthetic point of view because of its cave paintings, especially those of the Lascaux Cave, whose discovery in 1940 was of great importance for the history of prehistoric art. The hunting scenes show some 100 animal figures, which are remarkable for their detail, rich colours and lifelike quality.

France

Communes of Les Eyzies de Tayac, Tursac, Montignac-sur-Vézère, Saint-Leon-sur-Vézère, Marquay, Manaurie-Rouffignac and Saint-Cirq-du Bugue, Department of the Dordogne, Region of Aquitaine

N45 3 27 E1 10 12

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (i)(iii)

Ref: 85

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Everglades National Park

Brief Description

This site at the southern tip of Florida has been called 'a river of grass flowing imperceptibly from the hinterland into the sea'. The exceptional variety of its water habitats has made it a sanctuary for a large number of birds and reptiles, as well as for threatened species such as the manatee.

United States of America

Southern tip of the Florida peninsula, along the Gulf of Mexico, State of Florida

N25 33 16 W80 59 47

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (viii)(ix)(x)

Property : 567,017 ha

Ref: 76

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

 

Independence Hall

Brief Description

The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth in these documents are of fundamental importance to American history and have also had a profound impact on law-makers around the world.

United States of America

Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

N39 56 55 W75 9 0

Date of Inscription: 1979

Criteria: (vi)

Property : 2.00 ha

Ref: 78

Source:  whc.unesco.org

Plitvice Lakes National Park

Brief Description

The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These geological processes continue today. The forests in the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.

Croatia

County of Lika-Senj, 10km east of Bihac

N44 52 40.008 E15 36 51.984

Date of Inscription: 1979

Extension: 2000

Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)

Property : 29,482 ha

Ref: 98bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

NOTE: The original text is in German , Just translated by the use of Google Translate

 Series "World Heritage Site", CTM with Japan to 75 per cent, in 10-sheet

About the brand

Nassklebende stamps at 75 cents each in the 10-arm, suitable for franking
- Postcards Europe and World
- Europe and world standard letters up to 20 g
- Newsletter compact to 50 g
Size of the single brand: 44.2 x 26.2 mm.

This stamp is a special stamp from the series "World Heritage Site".
The design has been designed by Prof. Dieter Ziegenfeuter from Dortmund. The mark appears as a Community trade with Japan.

Theme: "Regensburg Cathedral".
Inception: 03 February 2011.

Details of motif

Regensburg's Old Town was added in 2006 along with the north of the Danube, the suburb Stadtamhof in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The occasion was unique in Germany, the Romanesque and Gothic building stock Regensburg, which is an authentic picture of a single European trading city of the Middle Ages to today. The valley is dominated by the Gothic Old Town of Regensburg Cathedral of St. Peter, which was built after a fire in the Carolingian-Roman earlier building from 1273rd In 1520 he was substantially completed. Other major landmarks of the city are the Built 1135-1146 Stone Bridge, a masterpiece of Roman engineering and for a long time the only stone crossing of the Danube east of Ulm, as well as the Old Town Hall with the kingdom hall, one of the most important medieval, urban secular buildings in Germany.

Source: https://www.efiliale.de
 

 

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region

A beautiful Postcard from

Galina Lukin

of Macedonia::

Thank you Very Much

Brief Description

Situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the town of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe. Built mainly between the 7th and 19th centuries, it has the oldest Slav monastery (St Pantelejmon) and more than 800 Byzantine-style icons dating from the 11th to the end of the 14th century. After those of the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow, this is considered to be the most important collection of icons in the world

the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Ohrid (municipality)

N41 7 5.016 E20 48 47.988

Date of Inscription: 1979

Extension: 1980

Minor modification inscribed year: 2009

Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)(vii)

Property : 83,350 ha

Ref: 99ter

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Old City of Dubrovnik

Brief Description

The 'Pearl of the Adriatic', situated on the Dalmatian coast, became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains. Damaged again in the 1990s by armed conflict, it is now the focus of a major restoration programme co-ordinated by UNESCO.

Croatia

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva, Adriatic Coast

N42 39 2.016 E18 5 29.004

Date of Inscription: 1979

Extension: 1994

Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)

Property : 97 ha

Buffer zone: 54 ha

Ref: 95bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org