261 SC - Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (1983)

Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

In the heart of the small island of Praslin, the reserve has the vestiges of a natural palm forest preserved in almost its original state. The famous coco de mer, from a palm-tree once believed to grow in the depths of the sea, is the largest seed in the plant kingdom.

马埃谷地自然保护区

马埃谷地自然保护区位于普拉兰岛的中心地带，有着几乎保持在其原始状态下的天然海椰子林。著名的海椰子是植物王国里最大的种子，曾经被认为是长在深海里的一种棕榈树的果实。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/261

 Courtesy of dore92 from Postcrossing forum

1202 CU - Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos (2005)

The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 in the Spanish territory but was initially settled by immigrants of French origin. It became a trading place for sugar cane, tobacco and coffee. Situated on the Caribbean coast of southern-central Cuba at the heart of the country’s sugar cane, mango, tobacco and coffee production area, the town first developed in the neoclassical style. It later became more eclectic but retained a harmonious overall townscape. Among buildings of particular interest are the Government Palace (City Hall), San Lorenzo School, the Bishopric, the Ferrer Palace, the former lyceum, and some residential houses. Cienfuegos is the first, and an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble representing the new ideas of modernity, hygiene and order in urban planning as developed in Latin America from the 19th century.

西恩富戈斯古城

西恩富戈斯殖民小镇于1819年建在西班牙领土上，但最初在此定居的却是法国移民。这里是一个甘蔗、烟草和咖啡贸易中心，位于古巴甘蔗、芒果、烟草和咖啡生产中心——中南部的加勒比海岸，始建风格为新古典主义，随后风格有所折衷，但仍保留了和谐统一的小镇风貌。小镇最引人瞩目的建筑是市政府邸（市政大厅）、圣洛伦索学校、教区、费雷罗宫，前文化宫和一些住宅。西恩富戈斯是19世纪拉丁美洲发展起来的建筑群中的第一个杰出典型，体现了城市规划中现代化、卫生和秩序的新观念。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1202

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Cienfuegos Cathedral

Palacio del Valle, in the buffer zone

1439 KR - Namhansanseong (2014)

Description

"Namhansanseong was designed as an emergency capital for the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), in a mountainous site 25 km south-east of Seoul. Built and defended by Buddhist monk-soldiers, it could accommodate 4,000 people and fulfilled important administrative and military functions. Its earliest remains date from the 7th century, but it was rebuilt several times, notably in the early 17th century in anticipation of an attack from the Sino-Manchu Qing dynasty. The city embodies a synthesis of the defensive military engineering concepts of the period, based on Chinese and Japanese influences, and changes in the art of fortification following the introduction from the West of weapons using gunpowder. A city that has always been inhabited, and which was the provincial capital over a long period, it contains evidence of a variety of military, civil and religious buildings and has become a symbol of Korean sovereignty."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1439

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Emergency Palace

with Cartoon Namhamsanseong stamp

1321 BE/CH/DE/FR/IN/JP - The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2016)

Brief Description

"Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break with the past. They were built over a period of a half-century, in the course of what Le Corbusier described as “patient research”. The Complexe du Capitole in Chandigarh (India), the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Japan), the House of Dr Curutchet in La Plata (Argentina) and the Unité d’habitation in Marseille (France) reflect the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20th century to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society. These masterpieces of creative genius also attest to the internationalization of architectural practice across the planet."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321

1321-001     Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret     France
1321-002     Petite villa au bord du lac Léman     Switzerland
1321-003     Cité Frugès     France
1321-004     Maison Guiete     Belgium
1321-005     Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung     Germany
1321-006     Villa Savoye et loge du jardiner     France
1321-007     Immeuble Clarté     Switzerland
1321-008     Immeuble locatif à la Porte Molitor     France
1321-009     Unité d’habitation Marseille     France
1321-010     La Manufacture à Saint- Dié     France
1321-011     Maison du docteur Curutchet     Argentina
1321-012     Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp     France
1321-013     Cabanon de Le Corbusier     France
1321-014     Complexe du Capitole     India
1321-015     Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette     France
1321-016     Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident     Japan
1321-017     Maison de la Culture de Firminy     France  

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Courtesy of dannyozzy from postcrossing forum

 1321-002     Petite villa au bord du lac Léman     Switzerland

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

1321-003     Cité Frugès，France

Courtesy of elbe from postcrossing forum

1321-004 Maison Guiete Belgium

Courtesy of Xiaoi from postcrossing forum

1321-005     Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung     Germany

1321-009     Unité d’habitation Marseille     France

1321-012     Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp     France

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  1321-014     Complexe du Capitole     India

 1321-016 National Museum of Western Art

 

1477 KR - Baekje Historic Areas (2015)

Description

"Located in the mountainous mid-western region of the Republic of Korea, this property comprises eight archaeological sites dating from 475 to 660 CE, including the Gongsanseong fortress and royal tombs at Songsan-ri related to the capital, Ungjin (present day Gongju), the Busosanseong Fortress and Gwanbuk-ri administrative buildings, the Jeongnimsa Temple, the royal tombs in Neungsan-ri and the Naseong city wall related to the capital, Sabi (now Buyeo), the royal palace at Wanggung-ri and the Mireuksa Temple in Iksan related to the secondary Sabi capital. Together, these sites represent the later period of the Baekje Kingdom – one of the three earliest kingdoms on the Korean peninsula (18 BCE to 660 CE) - during which time they were at the crossroads of considerable technological, religious (Buddhist), cultural and artistic exchanges between the ancient East Asian kingdoms in Korea, China and Japan."

百济遗址区
"这片遗址 位于韩国中西部山区，包括八个建于公元475——660年的考古遗址，如公山城，宋山里皇陵，雄镇（现称公州），扶苏山城，关北里行政楼群，内城城墙，泗比（现称夫馀），王宫里和益山上的弥勒寺。所有这些遗迹都展现了朝鲜半岛上最早的三个王国（公元前十八世纪——公元660年）之一——百济王朝后期的状况，这一时期这里正处于朝鲜、中国和日本等东亚古国之间技术、宗教、文化和艺术交流的必经之路上。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1477
 
1477-001     Gongsanseong Fortress
1477-002     Royal Tombs in Songsan-ri
1477-003     Archeological Site in Gwanbuk-ri and Busosanseong Fortress
1477-004     Jeongnimsa Temple Site
1477-005     Royal Tombs in Neungsan-ri
1477-006     Naseong City Wall
1477-007     Archeological Site in Wanggung-ri
1477-008     Mireuksa Temple Site

Courtesy of PC_2 from postcrossing forum

 

1477-001 Gongsanseong Fortress

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

1477-002     Royal Tombs in Songsan-ri, 

Gold Ornaments from No. 7 King Muryeong's tomb

1324 KR - Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (2010)

Description

"Founded in the 14th-15th centuries, Hahoe and Yangdong are seen as the two most representative historic clan villages in the Republic of Korea. Their layout and location - sheltered by forested mountains and facing out onto a river and open agricultural fields – reflect the distinctive aristocratic Confucian culture of the early part of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The villages were located to provide both physical and spiritual nourishment from their surrounding landscapes. They include residences of the head families, together with substantial timber framed houses of other clan members, also pavilions, study halls, Confucian academies for learning, and clusters of one story mud-walled, thatched-roofed houses, formerly for commoners. The landscapes of mountains, trees and water around the village, framed in views from pavilions and retreats, were celebrated for their beauty by 17th and 18th century poets."

韩国历史村落：河回村和良洞村
"河回村和良洞村始建于14至15世纪，这两座村庄被认为是韩国最具代表性的历史村落。这两个村落背倚树木繁茂的青山，面向河流及开阔的农田，它们的布局和选址的目的在于从周围的环境中汲取物质和精神食粮，反映出朝鲜王朝（1392-1910）早期鲜明的贵族儒家文化特点。其建筑包括村落首领家族的宅第、其他家族成员的木框架结构房屋、亭台、学堂、儒家书院，以及原平民居住的单层泥墙、茅草屋顶的住宅群。河回村和良洞村山环水绕，亭台如画的美丽景致，曾被众多17和18世纪的诗人所咏颂。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1324
 
1324-001     Hahoe Cluster: Hahoe Village
1324-002     Hahoe Cluster: Byeongsanseowon Confucian Academy
1324-003     Yangdong Cluster: Yangdong Village
1324-004     Yangdong Cluster:Oksanseowon Confucian Academy, Dongnakdang House 
1324-005     Yangdong Cluster: Donggangseowon Confucian Academy

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

1324-001     Hahoe Cluster: Hahoe Village

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

 1324-003     Yangdong Cluster: Yangdong Village

1068 IT - Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003)

Brief Description

"The nine Sacri Monti (Sacred Mountains) of northern Italy are groups of chapels and other architectural features created in the late 16th and 17th centuries and dedicated to different aspects of the Christian faith. In addition to their symbolic spiritual meaning, they are of great beauty by virtue of the skill with which they have been integrated into the surrounding natural landscape of hills, forests and lakes. They also house much important artistic material in the form of wall paintings and statuary."

皮埃蒙特及伦巴第圣山
"位于意大利北部的这9座“圣山”，是一组修建于16世纪晚期至17世纪的小教堂建筑群，以及与之配套的其他宗教建筑物。它 们是专门为人们以不同方式向基督教表示虔诚而建造的。除了具有精神方面的象征意义之外，它们那与周围自然环境（山峦、森林、湖泊）高度和谐、融洽及统一的 精湛建筑技艺也给人以高度美的享受。这里也有许多壁画和雕像等重要艺术作品。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1068

1068-001     Sacro Monte o “Nuova Gerusalemme” di Varallo Sesia
1068-002     Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralunga di Crea
1068-003     Sacro Monte di San Francesco d’Orta San Giulio
1068-004     Sacro Monte del Rosario di Varese
1068-005     Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine, Oropa
1068-006     Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine del Soccorso, Ossuccio
1068-007     Sacro Monte della SS.Trinità, Ghiffa
1068-008     Sacro Monte Calvario, Domodossola
1068-009     Sacro Monte di Belmonte, Valperga Canavese

Courtesy of chiarandino postcrossing forum

1068-001 Sacro Monte o “Nuova Gerusalemme” di Varallo Sesia

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

1068-005     Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine, Oropa

Courtesy of MsMoney from postcrossing forum

1068-006 Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine del Soccorso, Ossuccio

Courtesy of Gosia from Italy

1068-007 Sacro Monte della SS.Trinità, Ghiffa

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

1068-008     Sacro Monte Calvario, Domodossola

1363 AT/CH/DE/IT/SI - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (2011)

Brief Description

"This serial property of 111 small individual sites encompasses the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. Excavations, only conducted in some of the sites, have yielded evidence that provides insight into life in prehistoric times during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Alpine Europe and the way communities interacted with their environment. Fifty-six of the sites are located in Switzerland. The settlements are a unique group of exceptionally well-preserved and culturally rich archaeological sites, which constitute one of the most important sources for the study of early agrarian societies in the region."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363

阿尔卑斯周围的史前干栏屋定居地遗址

这个世界文化遗产由111个史前干栏屋定居地遗址组成。它们建于公元前5000年到公元前500年之间，分布在阿尔卑斯周围湖泊，河流和湿地的边缘。对少数几个遗址进行的发掘工作已经为新石器和铜器时代人类的生活和人类社群与大自然接触的方式提供了证据。其中有五十六个定居地遗址位于瑞士境内。这些遗址是保存特别完好，文化底蕴深厚的考古地点。它们为本区域内的早期农耕社会研究提供了重要的资料。

Austria

France

Germany

Italy

Slovenia

Switzerland

Courtesy of thubcabe from postcrossing forum

 Archeology site near Cortaillod Est, Switzerland

Courtesy of ChristinaB from postcrossing forum

1363-061 Mondsee 

Courtesy of Terra from postcrossing forum

DE1363-081 Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

IT1363-100 Bodio centrale o delle Monete

 Courtesy of supersabs from Italy

 
IT1363-104 Molina di Ledro

 

IT1363-104 Molina di Ledro

  Courtesy of msteblovnik88 from Slovenia

SI1363-110/111 Kolišča na Igu