ID2003 - Raja Ampat Islands (2005)

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CN5338 Site of Southern Yue State available for swap

CN5338-02-A01 Nanyue King Tomb (0 available)
20/02/12 1 postcard on its way to elbe (received) unesco tentative tag in exchange tag Aletta2 for another unesco tentative

CN5338-02-A02 Nanyue King Tomb(1 available)

CN5338-02-A03 Nanyue King Tomb(1 available)

CN5338-02-A04 Nanyue King Tomb(1 available)

CN5338-02-A05 Nanyue King Tomb(1 available)

CN5338-02-A06 Nanyue King Tomb(1 available)

CN5338-02-A07 Nanyue King Tomb(1 available)

CN5338-02-A08 Nanyue King Tomb(1 available)

CN5338-02-A09 Nanyue King Tomb (0 available)

CN5338-02-A10 Nanyue King Tomb(0 available)
16/03/2012 1 postcard on its way to SLLiew (received) in exchange for a tentative card (Completed)

CN5347 - Karez Wells (2008)

1318 IT - Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.) (2011)

Brief Description

"The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power, 568 - 774 A.D. comprises seven groups of important buildings (including fortresses, churches, and monasteries) throughout the Italian Peninsula. They testify to the high achievement of the Lombards, who migrated from northern Europe and developed their own specific culture in Italy where they ruled over vast territories in the 6th to 8th centuries. The Lombards synthesis of architectural styles marked the transition from Antiquity to the European Middle Ages, drawing on the heritage of Ancient Rome, Christian spirituality, Byzantine influence and Germanic northern Europe. The serial property testifies to the Lombards' major role in the spiritual and cultural development of Medieval European Christianity, notably by bolstering the monastic movement."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1318

• Brescia
• Cividale del Friuli
• Castelseprio
• Spoleto
• Temple of Clitumnus located at Campello sul Clitunno
• Santa Sofia located at Benevento
• Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo located at Monte Sant'Angelo

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1318-001 Capitolium in Brescia

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 1318-002 Cividale del Friuli

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1318-003 Torba Monastery

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1318-003 The castrum with the Torba Tower

and the church outside the walls, Santa Maria foris portas

 

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1318-004 Spoleto (Basilica di San Salvatore)

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Santa Sofia located at Benevento

1330 UA - Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans (2011)

Brief Description

"The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist architecture, also includes a seminary and monastery and is dominated by the domed, cruciform Seminary Church with a garden and park. The complex expresses architectural and cultural influences from the Byzantine period onward and embodies the powerful presence of the Orthodox Church during Habsburg rule, reflecting the Austro-Hungarian Empire policy of religious tolerance."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1330

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295 LB - Byblos (1984)

Brief Description

"The ruins of many successive civilizations are found at Byblos, one of the oldest Phoenician cities. Inhabited since Neolithic times, it has been closely linked to the legends and history of the Mediterranean region for thousands of years. Byblos is also directly associated with the history and diffusion of the Phoenician alphabet."

比布鲁斯

"比布鲁斯是黎巴嫩最古老的城市之一，在那里发现了许多连续的文明废墟。它从新石器时代就开始有人居住，与数千年来地中海地区的传奇和历史紧密联系在一起。同时比布鲁斯也与腓尼基字母表的发展传播息息相关。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/295

906 RO - Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (1999)

Brief Description

"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."

奥拉斯迪山的达亚恩城堡

"达亚恩城堡修建于公元前1世纪达亚恩人统治时期，体现了古老的军事宗教建筑技巧和欧洲铁器时代晚期建筑理念不同寻常的相互融合。这 里的6个防御工事，即达亚恩王国的中心，在公元2世纪时被罗马人占领; 大面积保存完好的遗址被壮丽的自然景观环绕，勾勒出一幅充满力量和革新意义的生动画面。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/906

906-001     Sarmizegetusa 
906-002     Costesti-Cetatuie
906-003     Costesti -Blidaru
906-004     Luncani-Piatra Rosie
906-005     Banita
906-006     Capâlna  

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906-001     Sarmizegetusa

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906-003 Costesti -Blidaru Costesti

RS1700 - The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark (2002)

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BG1948 - The Ancient Plovdiv (2004)

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AT30 - Heiligenkreuz Abbey (1994)

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BG50 - The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery (1984)

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BG5640 - Rocks of Belogradchik (2011)

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BG49 - The Bachkovo Monastery (1984)

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23 SY - Site of Palmyra (1980)

Brief Description

"An oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, Palmyra contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world. From the 1st to the 2nd century, the art and architecture of Palmyra, standing at the crossroads of several civilizations, married Graeco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences."

帕尔米拉古城遗址

"帕尔米拉堪称叙利亚沙漠中的一片绿洲，它位于大马士革的东北方，是古代最重要的文化中心之一，城内现仍保存有当时的许多纪念性建筑。公元1世纪至2世纪，帕尔米拉处于几种文明的交汇处，所以其艺术和建筑能够将古希腊罗马的技艺与本地的传统及波斯的影响巧妙地融合在一起。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/23

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22 SY - Ancient City of Bosra (1980)

Brief Description

"Bosra, once the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, was an important stopover on the ancient caravan route to Mecca. A magnificent 2nd-century Roman theatre, early Christian ruins and several mosques are found within its great walls."

布斯拉古城

"布斯拉古城曾是古罗马阿拉伯省的首府，是通往麦加的沙漠商队路线上一个重要的中途站。在布斯拉城墙中保存着一座公元2世纪的富丽堂皇的古罗马剧场、早期基督教的遗迹和几座清真寺。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22

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21 SY - Ancient City of Aleppo (1986)

Brief Description

"Located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans. The 13th-century citadel, 12th-century Great Mosque and various 17th-century madrasas, palaces, caravanserais and hammams all form part of the city's cohesive, unique urban fabric, now threatened by overpopulation."

阿勒颇古城

"阿勒颇从公元前2000年起就处于几条商道的交汇处，相继由希泰人、亚述人、阿拉伯人、蒙古人、马穆鲁克人和土耳其人统治过。古城 内13世纪的城堡、12世纪的大清真寺和17世纪的穆斯林学校、宫殿、沙漠旅店及浴室，构成了城市独特的建筑结构。阿勒颇现今面临人口过盛的困境。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/21

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165 FR - Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981)

Brief Description

"This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of self-sufficiency as practised by the earliest communities of Cistercian monks."

丰特莱的西斯特尔教团修道院
"这座刻板的勃艮第修道院由圣伯纳尔(St Bernard)修建于1119年，修道院的教堂、回廊、餐厅、住宿区、面包房和钢铁厂一起，完美诠释了早期西斯特尔教团修道士自给自足的理想。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/165

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193 DZ - Tipasa (1982)

Brief Description

"On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauritania."

提帕萨

"蒂帕萨位于地中海海滨，原是古罗马统治下古迦太基人的贸易港，后成为征服毛利塔尼亚王国的战略基地。该遗址不仅有一系列腓尼基人、 罗马人、古基督教和拜占庭时期的独特建筑群遗迹，还有当地的古迹，如宏伟的毛里塔尼亚皇家陵墓——克博·埃尔·罗米亚(Kbor er Roumia)。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/193

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194 DZ - Timgad (1982)

Brief Description

"Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès mountains and was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. With its square enclosure and orthogonal design based on the cardo and decumanus, the two perpendicular routes running through the city, it is an excellent example of Roman town planning."

提姆加德

"蒂姆加德位于奥雷斯山（the Aurès mountains）北麓，是公元100年古罗马皇帝图拉真（the Emperor Trajan）建立的军事殖民地。城市是方形垂直布局，以纵横两轴为基础，两条相互垂直的大街穿越整个城市，是古罗马城市规划的杰出代表"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/194

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188 DZ - M'Zab Valley (1982)

Brief Description

"A traditional human habitat, created in the 10th century by the Ibadites around their five ksour (fortified cities), has been preserved intact in the M’Zab valley. Simple, functional and perfectly adapted to the environment, the architecture of M’Zab was designed for community living, while respecting the structure of the family. It is a source of inspiration for today’s urban planners."

姆扎卜山谷

"这是一个传统的人类居住地，由伊巴底人（the Ibadites）于十世纪围绕五座城邦修建而成，完整保存在姆扎卜山谷中。姆扎卜建筑简朴、实用，完美地与环境融为了一体。姆扎卡的建筑结构视为群体居 住而设计的，但同时也考虑到了家庭的结构，当今城市建筑的设计者可以此为借鉴。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/188

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565 DZ - Kasbah of Algiers (1992)

Brief Description

"The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was established in the 4th century BC. There are the remains of the citadel, old mosques and Ottoman-style palaces as well as the remains of a traditional urban structure associated with a deep-rooted sense of community."
阿尔及尔城堡

"卡斯巴哈是典型的麦地那式（medina）或伊斯兰建筑风格的古城，位于阿尔及尔，是地中海最美的海滨城市之一，对面的岛屿曾是迦太基人公元前四世纪建立的贸易港。城内不仅有要塞、古清真寺和土耳其风格宫殿遗址，还有传统城市的踪迹，体现了深厚的社区生活特色。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/565

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191 DZ - Djémila (1982)

Brief Description

"Situated 900 m above sea-level, Djémila, or Cuicul, with its forum, temples, basilicas, triumphal arches and houses, is an interesting example of Roman town planning adapted to a mountain location."

杰米拉

"杰米拉又叫奎库尔城 (Cuicul)，海拔900多米，城内有广场、神庙、长方形会堂、凯旋门和民居，形成了在山区进行罗马式城市建筑设计的典型范例。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/191

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102 DZ - Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (1980)

Brief Description

"In a mountainous site of extraordinary beauty, the ruins of the first capital of the Hammadid emirs, founded in 1007 and demolished in 1152, provide an authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city. The mosque, whose prayer room has 13 aisles with eight bays, is one of the largest in Algeria."

贝尼•哈玛德的卡拉城

"哈玛德王朝（Hammadid emirs）第一个首都的遗址，位于风景秀美的山区，始建于公元1007年，毁于公元1152年，是要塞型穆斯林城市的真实写照。这里的清真寺祈祷室有13条走廊和8个隔间，是阿尔及利亚最大的清真寺之一。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/102

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384 ES - Old Town of Cáceres (1986)

Brief Description

"The city's history of battles between Moors and Christians is reflected in its architecture, which is a blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles. Of the 30 or so towers from the Muslim period, the Torre del Bujaco is the most famous."

卡塞雷斯古城

"卡塞雷斯城历史上摩尔人和基督徒的争斗也反映在了该城的建筑中，罗马式、伊斯兰式、北哥特式和意大利文艺复兴式的建筑风格在这里和谐地融为一体。城中现存有大约30座穆斯林时期建造的高塔建筑，其中布哈科塔最为著名。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/384

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1277 JP - Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (2011)

Brief Description

"Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land comprises five sites, including the sacred Mount Kinkeisan. It features vestiges of government offices dating from the 11th and 12th centuries when Hiraizumi was the administrative centre of the northern realm of Japan and rivalled Kyoto. The realm was based on the cosmology of Pure Land Buddhism, which spread to Japan in the 8th century. It represented the pure land of Buddha that people aspire to after death, as well as peace of mind in this life. In combination with indigenous Japanese nature worship and Shintoism, Pure Land Buddhism developed a concept of planning and garden design that was unique to Japan."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1277

• 1277rev-001 Chûson-ji 中尊寺
• 1277rev-002 Môtsû-ji 毛越寺
• 1277rev-003 Kanjizaiô-in Ato 观自在王院遗迹
• 1277rev-004 Muryôkô-in Ato 无量光院遗迹
• 1277rev-005 Mt Kinkeisan 金鸡山

01 Chûson-ji 中尊寺 - 本堂

01 Chûson-ji 中尊寺 - 金色堂

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01 Chûson-ji 中尊寺 - 白山神社能舞台

01 Chûson-ji 中尊寺 - 經藏

01 Chûson-ji 中尊寺 - 讃衡蔵

01 Chûson-ji 中尊寺 -弁慶堂

02 Môtsû-ji 毛越寺庭园