419 CA - Gros Morne National Park (1987)

Description

"Situated on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, the park provides a rare example of the process of continental drift, where deep ocean crust and the rocks of the earth's mantle lie exposed. More recent glacial action has resulted in some spectacular scenery, with coastal lowland, alpine plateau, fjords, glacial valleys, sheer cliffs, waterfalls and many pristine lakes."

格罗斯莫讷国家公园
“格罗斯莫讷公园位于纽芬兰岛西海岸，为我们提供了一个大陆漂移的珍稀标本，这里的深海地壳和大陆地幔的岩石都暴露在外面。最近的冰川运动产生了许多令人惊叹的景观，包括海岸低地、高山高原、海湾、冰川峡谷、悬崖峭壁、瀑布以及许多纯净的湖泊。”

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/419

1412 CA - Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (2013)

Description

"Red Bay, established by Basque mariners in the 16th century at the north-eastern tip of Canada on the shore of the Strait of Belle Isle is an archaeological site that provides the earliest, most complete and best preserved testimony of the European whaling tradition. Gran Baya, as it was called by those who founded the station in 1530s, was used as a base for coastal hunting, butchering, rendering of whale fat by heading to produce oil and storage. It became a major source of whale oil which was shipped to Europe where it was used for lighting. The site, which was used in the summer months, includes remains of rendering ovens, cooperages, wharves, temporary living quarters and a cemetery, together with underwater remains of vessels and whale bone deposits. The station was used for some 70 years, before the local whale population was depleted."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1412

256 CA - Wood Buffalo National Park (1983)

Description

"Situated on the plains in the north-central region of Canada, the park (which covers 44,807 km2) is home to North America's largest population of wild bison. It is also the natural nesting place of the whooping crane. Another of the park's attractions is the world's largest inland delta, located at the mouth of the Peace and Athabasca rivers."


伍德布法罗国家公园
"这个公园位于加拿大中北部的平原上（占地44,807平方公里），是北美数量最多的野牛的栖息地，同时也是美洲鹤的天然巢穴。公园另一个引人入胜的景点是皮斯河(Peace river)和阿萨巴斯卡河(Athabasca river)之间世界上最大的内陆三角洲。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/256

686 CA - Miguasha National Park (1999)

Description

"The palaeontological site of Miguasha National Park, in south-eastern Quebec on the southern coast of the Gaspé peninsula, is considered to be the world's most outstanding illustration of the Devonian Period known as the 'Age of Fishes'. Dating from 370 million years ago, the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation represented here contains five of the six fossil fish groups associated with this period. Its significance stems from the discovery there of the highest number and best-preserved fossil specimens of the lobe-finned fishes that gave rise to the first four-legged, air-breathing terrestrial vertebrates – the tetrapods."

米瓜莎公园
"米瓜莎古公园坐落在魁北克东南部加斯普半岛(the Gaspé peninsula)南部的海岸上，是一处古生物学遗址，被认为是世界上关于泥盆纪“鱼类时代”(Age of Fishes)最著名的化石遗址。晚泥盆世的鱼化石共有六种，这里地层中就有五种，可追溯到3.7亿年前。公园的重要性在于这里有大量保存完好的鱼石螈的化石标本。鱼石螈是第一种进化为四条腿、呼吸空气的陆地脊椎动物四足动物。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/686

24 CA - Nahanni National Park (1978)

Description

"Located along the South Nahanni River, one of the most spectacular wild rivers in North America, this park contains deep canyons and huge waterfalls, as well as a unique limestone cave system. The park is also home to animals of the boreal forest, such as wolves, grizzly bears and caribou. Dall's sheep and mountain goats are found in the park's alpine environment."

纳汉尼国家公园
"纳汉尼河是北美洲最壮观的河流之一，纳汉尼国家公园就坐落在南纳汉尼河流域。公园里峡谷幽深，有大瀑布和独特的石灰岩洞穴，是北部山区森林的狼、灰熊和北美驯鹿等动物的栖息地。公园的山区还有大角羊和山羊出没。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/24

 

1285 CA - Joggins Fossil Cliffs (2008)

Description

"The Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a 689 ha palaeontological site along the coast of Nova Scotia (eastern Canada), have been described as the “coal age Galápagos” due to their wealth of fossils from the Carboniferous period (354 to 290 million years ago). The rocks of this site are considered to be iconic for this period of the history of Earth and are the world’s thickest and most comprehensive record of the Pennsylvanian strata (dating back 318 to 303 million years) with the most complete known fossil record of terrestrial life from that time. These include the remains and tracks of very early animals and the rainforest in which they lived, left in situ, intact and undisturbed. With its 14.7 km of sea cliffs, low bluffs, rock platforms and beach, the site groups remains of three ecosystems: estuarine bay, floodplain rainforest and fire prone forested alluvial plain with freshwater pools. It offers the richest assemblage known of the fossil life in these three ecosystems with 96 genera and 148 species of fossils and 20 footprint groups. The site is listed as containing outstanding examples representing major stages in the history of Earth."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1285

1390 IT - Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (2014)

Description

"This landscape covers five distinct wine-growing areas with outstanding landscapes and the Castle of Cavour, an emblematic name both in the development of vineyards and in Italian history. It is located in the southern part of Piedmont, between the Po River and the Ligurian Apennines, and encompasses the whole range of technical and economic processes relating to the winegrowing and winemaking that has characterized the region for centuries. Vine pollen has been found in the area dating from the 5th century BC, when Piedmont was a place of contact and trade between the Etruscans and the Celts; Etruscan and Celtic words, particularly wine-related ones, are still found in the local dialect. During the Roman Empire, Pliny the Elder mentions the Piedmont region as being one of the most favourable for growing vines in ancient Italy; Strabo mentions its barrels."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1390

1390rev-001     Langa of Barolo
1390rev-002     Grinzane Cavour Castle
1390rev-003     Hills of Barbaresco
1390rev-004     Nizza Monferrato and Barbera
1390rev-005     Canelli and Asti Spumante
1390rev-006     Monferrato of the Inferot  

Courtesy of Cri from Postcrossing forum

1390rev-001     Langa of Barolo -Castiglione Falletto

 

 

1390rev-002     Grinzane Cavour Castle

 

175 IT - Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany (2013)

Description

"Twelve villas and two gardens spread across the Tuscan landscape make up this site which bears testimony to the influence the Medici family exerted over modern European culture through its patronage of the arts. Built between the 15th and 17th centuries, they represent an innovative system of construction in harmony with nature and dedicated to leisure, the arts and knowledge. The villas embody an innovative form and function, a new type of princely residence that differed from both the farms owned by rich Florentines of the period and from the military might of baronial castles. The Medici villas form the first example of the connection between architecture, gardens, and the environment and became an enduring reference for princely residences throughout Italy and Europe. Their gardens and integration into the natural environment helped develop the appreciation of landscape characteristic Humanism and the Renaissance."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/175

 175-001     Villa de Cafaggiolo
175-002     Villa de Il Trebbio
175-003     Villa de Careggi
175-004     Villa Medici de Fiesole
175-005     Villa de Castello
175-006     Villa de Poggio a Caiano
175-007     Villa de la Petraia
175-008     Jardin de Boboli
175-009     Villa de Cerreto Guidi
175-010     Palais de Seravezza
175-011     Jardin de Pratolino
175-012     Villa La Magia
175-013     Villa de Artimino
175-014     Villa du Poggio Imperiale 

175-006     Villa de Poggio a Caiano

175-007     Villa de la Petraia

175-008     Jardin de Boboli

175-008     Jardin de Boboli

175-008     Jardin de Boboli

175-011     Jardin de Pratolino

338 IN - Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985)

Description

"On a gentle slope in the foothills of the Himalayas, where wooded hills give way to alluvial grasslands and tropical forests, the Manas sanctuary is home to a great variety of wildlife, including many endangered species, such as the tiger, pygmy hog, Indian rhinoceros and Indian elephant."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/338

Courtesy of Sriramrang from postcrossing forum

Courtesy of kraghavendrabhat from postcrossing forum

 

1508 CN - Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (2016)

Description

"Located on the steep cliffs in the border regions of southwest China, these 38 sites of rock art illustrate the life and rituals of the Luoyue people. They date from the period around the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. In a surrounding landscape of karst, rivers and plateaux, they depict ceremonies that have been interpreted as portraying the bronze drum culture once prevalent across southern China. This cultural landscape is the only remains of this culture today."
  
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1508

Courtesy of cytomembrane from postcrossingforum

1441 NL - Van Nellefabriek (2014)

Description 

"Van Nellefabriek was designed and built in the 1920s on the banks of a canal in the Spaanse Polder industrial zone north-west of Rotterdam. The site is one of the icons of 20th-century industrial architecture, comprising a complex of factories, with façades consisting essentially of steel and glass, making large-scale use of the curtain wall principle. It was conceived as an ‘ideal factory’, open to the outside world, whose interior working spaces evolved according to need, and in which daylight was used to provide pleasant working conditions. It embodies the new kind of factory that became a symbol of the modernist and functionalist culture of the inter-war period and bears witness to the long commercial and industrial history of the Netherlands in the field of importation and processing of food products from tropical countries, and their industrial processing for marketing in Europe."  

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1441

Courtesy of Mikeymike from postcrossing forum

1465 FR - Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars (2015)

Brief Description

"The property encompasses sites where the method of producing sparkling wines was developed on the principle of secondary fermentation in the bottle since the early 17th century to its early industrialization in the 19th century. The property is made up of three distinct ensembles: the historic vineyards of Hautvillers, Aÿ and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Saint-Nicaise Hill in Reims, and the Avenue de Champagne and Fort Chabrol in Epernay. These three components – the supply basin formed by the historic hillsides, the production sites (with their underground cellars) and the sales and distribution centres (the Champagne Houses) - illustrate the entire champagne production process. The property bears clear testimony to the development of a very specialized artisan activity that has become an agro-industrial enterprise."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1465

 map of the Champagne area

Villages in Champagne area

1470 DE - Naumburg Cathedral (2018)

Description

"Located in the eastern part of the Thuringian Basin, the Cathedral of Naumburg, whose construction began in 1028, is an outstanding testimony to medieval art and architecture. Its Romanesque structure, flanked by two Gothic choirs, demonstrates the stylistic transition from late Romanesque to early Gothic. The west choir, dating to the first half of the 13th century reflects changes in religious practice and the appearance of science and nature in the figurative arts. The choir and life-size sculptures of the founders of the Cathedral are masterpieces of the workshop known as the “Naumburg Master”."

Source from https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1470

Courtesy of Katrins from Germany

1480 IN - The Victorian & Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (2018)

Description

"Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of the 19th century. It led to the construction of ensembles of public buildings bordering the Oval Maidan open space, first in the Victorian Neo-Gothic style and then, in the early 20th century, in the Art Deco idiom. The Victorian ensemble includes Indian elements suited to the climate, including balconies and verandas. The Art Deco edifices, with their cinemas and residential buildings, blend Indian design with Art Deco imagery, creating a unique style that has been described as Indo-Deco. These two ensembles bear testimony to the phases of modernization that Mumbai has undergone in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries."

UNESCO WH website https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1480

Rajabai Clock Tower

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya / Prince of Wales Museum

Marine Drive along the coast

Gate of India (in the buffer zone)

Flora Fountain (in the buffer zone)