Historic Centre of San Gimignano

'San Gimignano delle belle Torri' is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on the Via Francigena. The patrician families who controlled the town built around 72 tower-houses (some as high as 50 m) as symbols of their wealth and power. Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano has retained its feudal atmosphere and appearance. The town also has several masterpieces of 14th- and 15th-century Italian art.

 Italy

Province of Siena, Tuscany

N43 28 5.016 E11 2 30.012

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)

Property : 13.88 ha

Ref: 550

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve comprises karstic landscapes and limestone uplands cut into impressive 'tsingy' peaks and a 'forest' of limestone needles, the spectacular canyon of the Manambolo river, rolling hills and high peaks. The undisturbed forests, lakes and mangrove swamps are the habitat for rare and endangered lemurs and birds.

 Madagascar

Centre Ouest, dans le Fivondronana d’Antsalova et le Faritany de Mahajanga

S18 40 0.012 E44 45 0

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (vii)(x)

Property : 152,000 ha 

Ref: 494rev

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Mount Huangshan

Huangshan, known as 'the loveliest mountain of China', was acclaimed through art and literature during a good part of Chinese history (e.g. the Shanshui 'mountain and water' style of the mid-16th century). Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers who come on pilgrimage to the site, which is renowned for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of a sea of clouds.

China

N30 10 0.012 E118 10 59.988

Date of Inscription: 1990

Minor modification inscribed year: 2012

Criteria: (ii)(vii)(x)

Property : 16,060 ha

Buffer zone: 49,000 ha

Ref: 547bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow

Brief Description

Inextricably linked to all the most important historical and political events in Russia since the 13th century, the Kremlin (built between the 14th and 17th centuries by outstanding Russian and foreign architects) was the residence of the Great Prince and also a religious centre. At the foot of its ramparts, on Red Square, St Basil's Basilica is one of the most beautiful Russian Orthodox monuments.

Russian Federation

City of Moscow

N55 44 44.988 E37 37 46.992

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

Ref: 545

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Itchan Kala

Thank you:: Malorossova Marina for this Postcard from your Country

Brief Description

Itchan Kala is the inner town (protected by brick walls some 10 m high) of the old Khiva oasis, which was the last resting-place of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran. Although few very old monuments still remain, it is a coherent and well-preserved example of the Muslim architecture of Central Asia. There are several outstanding structures such as the Djuma Mosque, the mausoleums and the madrasas and the two magnificent palaces built at the beginning of the 19th century by Alla-Kulli-Khan.

Uzbekistan

Khorezm region, Khiva

N41 22 41.988 E60 21 50.004

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (iii)(iv)(v)

Property : 38 ha

Ref: 543

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

 

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

Thank you:: Tina Fellmann of Germany : Send Written with Envelope

Brief Description

With 500 ha of parks and 150 buildings constructed between 1730 and 1916, Potsdam's complex of palaces and parks forms an artistic whole, whose eclectic nature reinforces its sense of uniqueness. It extends into the district of Berlin-Zehlendorf, with the palaces and parks lining the banks of the River Havel and Lake Glienicke. Voltaire stayed at the Sans-Souci Palace, built under Frederick II between 1745 and 1747.

Germany

States of Brandenburg and Berlin

N52 23 60 E13 1 60

Date of Inscription: 1990

Extension: 1992, 1999

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)

Property : 2,064 ha

Ref: 532ter

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

NOTE: The Original Text is in German; Just Translated it by the Use of Google Translator.

Maxi roll 5000 x 25 ct
Motive "Carnation", on a 5,000-role

Self-adhesive postage stamps to 25 cents each on a 5,000-point practical dispenser reel, suitable for franking Info Post Standard or supplementing various Freimachungsstufen. Size of the single brand: 21.5 x 30.13 mm.

This MAXI ROLL is ideal for quick and convenient Franking your mail info. The handy dispenser strip 5,000 self-adhesive stamps are applied to 25 per cent and particularly business customers can Etikettierwerken by individually applying adhesive postage stamps to mail info. The MAXI ROLL is produced with the theme "carnation" from the time series "Flowers" at the time, the same version of the same motif wet adhesive postage stamp, under which you can also find more information about the stamp motif.

Source: https://www.efiliale.de

Aster
from the time series, "flowers", to 50 cents, on a 500 roll

About the brand

Nassklebende stamps to 50 cents on a 500 roll, philatelic interesting and suitable as a coin to complement various Freimachungsstufen. Size of the single brand: 21.5 x 30.13 mm.

This stamp is part of the continuous series "Flowers".
The design has been designed by Stefan Klein & Olaf Neumann from Iserlohn.

Theme: Aster.
Inception: 02 June 200

Details of motif

The series "Flowers" wants people with modern and timeless designs, attention to the beauty and diversity of flowers in gardens and open countryside in Germany.
The stamp design shows the blossom of a "Aster". The perennials - especially smooth leaf asters and Raublattastern - inspired by the late summer until the first frost with beautiful pink, purple and blue tones and white and set as the ending of the school year attractive color accents. The gardener is different (also called the botanical genus "Aster") about 250 different species and hundreds of varieties of asters. As the largest Herbstaster places the "Aster lindleyanus" is up to two meters high. She is from North America.

Source: https://www.efiliale.de 

Tagetes

from the time series, "flowers", with 20 ct, on a 500 roll
About the brand

Nassklebende stamps at 20 cents each on a 500 roll, philatelic interest and suitable to complement various Freimachungsstufen as a coin. Size of the single brand: 21.5 x 30.13 mm.

This stamp is part of the continuous series "Flowers".
The design has been designed by Stefan Klein & Olaf Neumann from Iserlohn.

Theme: Tagetes.
Inception: 07 July 2005.

Details of motif

The series "Flowers" wants people with modern and timeless designs, attention to the beauty and diversity of flowers in gardens and open countryside in Germany.
In this country, in sulfur yellow, orange-brown or golden colors adorn wealth Tagetes (Tagetes hybrids) the flower beds in gardens, parks or on traffic islands. The Tagetes genus includes about 50 species and countless varieties and belongs to the daisy family. The wild forms of Tagetes colonize sunny and dry slopes of Mexico and Texas to Argentina. Only one species occurs in Africa. For the gardener Tagetes two properties are important: the plants are easy to cultivate, and their flowering period extends from May until the first frost, so about six months. In the United States and recently also with us, the anise-flavored Tagetes lucida is "tarragon" used as a culinary herb for seasoning.

Source: https://www.efiliale.de

 For the : 200 years Gäubodenfest in Straubing please refer to the preceding post:

Kizhi Pogost

The pogost of Kizhi (i.e. the Kizhi enclosure) is located on one of the many islands in Lake Onega, in Karelia. Two 18th-century wooden churches, and an octagonal clock tower, also in wood and built in 1862, can be seen there. These unusual constructions, in which carpenters created a bold visionary architecture, perpetuate an ancient model of parish space and are in harmony with the surrounding landscape.

Russian Federation

Karelian Autonomous S.S.R., Medvezhjegorskij Region

N62 4 17 E35 13 39

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (i)(iv)(v)

Ref: 544

Source: http://whc.unesco.org

Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Brief Description

After Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. This colonial town, founded in 1498, was laid out on a grid pattern that became the model for almost all town planners in the New World.

Dominican Republic

Distrito Nacional

N18 28 60 W69 55 0

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)

Ref: 526

Source:  http://whc.unesco.org

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

The 'Venice of the North', with its numerous canals and more than 400 bridges, is the result of a vast urban project begun in 1703 under Peter the Great. Later known as Leningrad (in the former USSR), the city is closely associated with the October Revolution. Its architectural heritage reconciles the very different Baroque and pure neoclassical styles, as can be seen in the Admiralty, the Winter Palace, the Marble Palace and the Hermitage.

Russian Federation

St. Petersburg region

N59 57 0 E30 19 5.988

Date of Inscription: 1990

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

Ref: 540

Source:  http://whc.unesco.org

Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

Brief Description: 

Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St Vladimir in 988. The spiritual and intellectual influence of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox thought and the Orthodox faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century.

  Ukraine
Kiev
N50 27 9.288 E30 31 0.696
Date of Inscription: 1990
Minor modification inscribed year: 2005
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Property : 29 ha
Buffer zone: 220 ha
Ref: 527bis

Source: http://whc.unesco.org