1359 SN - Saloum Delta (2011)

 Saloum Delta

Fishing and shellfish gathering have sustained human life in the 5,000 km2 property, which is formed by the arms of three rivers. The site comprises brackish channels encompassing over 200 islands and islets, mangrove forest, an Atlantic marine environment, and dry forest.

The site is marked by 218 shellfish mounds, some of them several hundreds metres long, produced by its human inhabitants over the ages. Burial sites on 28 of the mounds take the form of tumuli where remarkable artefacts have been found. They are important for our understanding of cultures from the various periods of the delta's occupation and testify to the history of human settlement along the coast of West Africa.

萨卢姆河三角洲（Saloum Delta，塞内加尔）是作为文化遗产列入名录的，占地5000平方公里，区内物种丰富的生态系统为生活在此的2000多人提供了生活的保障，他们的主要生活来源是捕鱼业和贝类采集。三角洲位于三条河流的河汊之间，由半咸水水道环绕着200多座大小岛屿、红树林、大西洋海洋环境及干树林所组成。 在三角洲内发现了由当地居民在数千年中建造的218座人工贝冢，有些贝冢长达几百米。在28座采取了古坟的形制的埋葬场所中，出土了不同寻常的人工制品，为我们了解三角洲不同时期文化提供了重要的依据，同时它们也是西非海岸人居历史的重要见证。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1359

1295 KE - Fort Jesus, Mombasa (2011)

The Fort, built by the Portuguese in 1593-1596 to the designs of Giovanni Battista Cairati to protect the port of Mombasa, is one of the most outstanding and well preserved examples of 16th Portuguese military fortification and a landmark in the history of this type of construction. The Fort's layout and form reflected the Renaissance ideal that perfect proportions and geometric harmony are to be found in the human body. The property covers an area of 2.36 hectares and includes the fort's moat and immediate surroundings.

蒙巴萨的耶稣堡

在1593-1596年间由葡萄牙人修建而成。用于保护蒙巴萨港口城堡由乔瓦尼·巴蒂斯塔·凯拉迪（Giovanni Battista Cairati） 设计，是16世纪葡萄牙军事要塞建筑中最出色的作品之一，代表着此类建筑物历史上的一个里程碑，受到了良好的保护。城堡的设计布局与形式体现了文艺复兴的理想，即采用同样可以在人体比例中找到的那种完美和谐的比例与几何构图。这一遗产占地2.36公顷，包括护城河以及周围的附属部分。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1295

Courtesy of kara_ ann from Postcrossing Forum

1366 TR - Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex (2011)

Brief Description

The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century, considered the complex, which includes madrasas (Islamic schools), a covered market, clock house, outer courtyard and library, to be his best work. The interior decoration using Iznik tiles from the peak period of their production testifies to an art form that remains unsurpassed in this material. The complex is considered to be the most harmonious expression ever achieved of the Ottoman külliye, a group of buildings constructed around a mosque and managed as a single institution.

赛利米耶清真寺

。方形的赛里米耶清真寺巨大的中央圆顶与四座细长的宣礼塔矗立在埃迪尔内（Edirne）的天际线上，俯瞰着这座前奥斯曼帝国的首 都。16世纪著名的奥斯曼建筑师希南（Sinan）将这一建筑群视为自己最杰出的作品。赛里米耶清真寺建筑群还包括伊斯兰学校、一个室内市场、守卫室、外 庭及图书馆。清真寺使用伊兹尼克最巅峰时期出品的瓷砖作为内饰材料，代表着以这种瓷砖创造的艺术形式至今无人超越的最高成就。赛利米耶清真寺建筑群也被视 作奥斯曼时期库里耶（külliye ，意为一组围绕着清真寺修建的建筑群，并作为一个统一的机构进行管理）建筑作品所能达到的最和谐的境界。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1366

 Courtesy of Nihan from Turkey

 

1372 IR - The Persian Garden (2011)

Brief Description

"The property includes nine gardens in as many provinces. They exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that evolved and adapted to different climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the times of Cyrus the Great, 6th century BC. Always divided into four sectors, with water playing an important role for both irrigation and ornamentation, the Persian garden was conceived to symbolize Eden and the four Zoroastrian elements of sky, earth, water and plants. These gardens, dating back to different periods since the 6th century BC, also feature buildings, pavilions and walls, as well as sophisticated irrigation systems. They have influenced the art of garden design as far as India and Spain."

波斯园林

"这一文化遗产由分布在9个省份的9座园林共同组成。它们一方面体现了自公元前6世纪居鲁士大帝时期以来形成的波斯园林设计原则，另 一方面也展现了波斯园林为适应各种气候条件而发展出来的多样风格。波斯园林的主要设计理念突出了对伊甸园及琐罗亚斯德教四大元素——天空、水、大地、植物 的象征意象，所有园林都分为四个部分，并且水在园林的灌溉与装饰中发挥了重要的作用。这九座园林分别建设于不同时期，最早的可以追溯到公元前6世纪。楼 台、亭榭、墙垣以及精密的水流灌溉系统是园林的重要特征。波斯园林对印度及西班牙园林艺术都产生了影响。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1372

1372-001     Ancient Garden of Pasargadae
1372-002     Bagh-e Eram
1372-003     Bagh-e Chehel Sotun
1372-004     Bagh-e Fin
1372-005     Bagh-e Abas Abad
1372-006     Bagh-e Shahzadeh
1372-007     Bagh-e Dolat Abad
1372-008     Bagh-e Pahlavanpur
1372-009     Bagh-e Akbariyeh 

Courtesy of Ulla from France

1372-003 Bagh-e Chehel Sotun

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

1369 AU - Ningaloo Coast (2011)

Brief Description

"The 604,500 hectare marine and terrestrial property of Ningaloo Coast, on the remote western coast of Australia, includes one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world. On land the site features an extensive karst system and network of underground caves and water courses. Annual gatherings of whale sharks occur at Ningaloo Coast, which is home to numerous marine species, among them a wealth of sea turtles. The terrestrial part of the site features subterranean water bodies with a substantial network of caves, conduits, and groundwater streams. They support a variety of rare species that contribute to the exceptional biodiversity of the marine and terrestrial site"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1369

Courtesy of Helen from Australia

Courtesy of Yan on her trip to Ningaloo

Ningaloo Marine Park - Bills Bay

Cape Range National Park - Osprey Bay

Cape Range National Park - Turquoise Bay

Cape Range National Park - Shothole Canyon

Cape Range National Park - Charles Knife Canyon

Vlamingh Head Lighthouse

1362 JP - Ogasawara Islands (2011)

Brief Description

"The property numbers more than 30 islands clustered in three groups and covers surface area of 7,939 hectares. The islands offer a variety of landscapes and are home to a wealth of fauna, including the Bonin Flying Fox, a critically endangered bat, and 195 endangered bird species. Four-hundred and forty-one native plant taxa have been documented on the islands whose waters support numerous species of fish, cetaceans and corals. Ogasawara Islands' ecosystems reflect a range of evolutionary processes illustrated through its assemblage of plant species from both southeast and northwest Asia, alongside many endemic species."

Ogasawara Islands，日本

"小笠原群岛（Ogasawara Islands，日本）由三组共30多座岛屿组成，覆盖面积7393公顷。岛屿自然景观丰富多样，是一种属于极危物种的蝙蝠——小笠原大蝙蝠（Bonin Flying Fox），以及195种濒危鸟类等大量动物栖息的家园。在这些岛屿上已发现并记录了441种当地特有的植物类群，在其周边水域中生活着种类繁多的鱼类、鲸 目动物和珊瑚。小笠原群岛的生态系统体现了一系列的生物进化过程，主要表现在这里不仅有着来自东南亚地区与西北亚地区的植物物种，同时还生长着大量当地特 有物种。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1362

Courtesy of Claus from Germany

1153 FR - The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape (2011)

Brief Description

"This 302,319 ha property, in the southern part of central France, is a mountain landscape interspersed by deep valleys that is representative of the relationship between agro-pastoral systems and their biophysical environment, notably through drailles or drove roads. Villages and substantial stone farmhouses on deep terraces of the Causses reflect the organization of large abbeys from the 11th century. Mont Lozère, inside the property, is one of the last places where summer transhumance is still practiced in the traditional way, using the drailles."

喀斯和塞文--地中海农牧文化景观

占地302319公顷，位于法国中南部山脉与深谷交错的地区，农牧系统与自然环境之间的纽带在这一地区得到了展现，特别是在这一地 区夏季上山放牧时，羊群走的山路更是这一纽带的直接反映。景区内的村庄以及喀斯梯田上的坚固的石头农舍体现了11世纪大修道院组织形式。洛泽尔山也位于景 观区内，是最后几个还在实行夏季游牧的地区之一。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1153

 Courtesy of igor63 from postcrossing forum

Courtesy of famalubel from Spain

1121 CO - Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (2011)

Brief Description

"An exceptional example of a sustainable and productive cultural landscape that is unique and representative of a tradition that is a strong symbol for coffee growing areas worldwide - encompasses six farming landscapes, which include 18 urban centres on the foothills of the western and central ranges of the Cordillera de los Andes in the west of the country. It reflects a centennial tradition of coffee growing in small plots in the high forest and the way farmers have adapted cultivation to difficult mountain conditions. The urban areas, mainly situated on the relatively flat tops of hills above sloping coffee fields, are characterized by the architecture of the Antioquian colonization with Spanish influence. Building materials were, and remain in some areas, cob and pleated cane for the walls with clay tiles for the roofs."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1121

Courtesy of Claus from Germany

1376 BB - Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison (2011)

Brief Description

"Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also includes a nearby military garrison which consists of numerous historic buildings. With its serpentine urban lay-out the property testifies to a different approach to colonial town-planning compared to the Spanish and Dutch colonial cities of the region which were built along a grid plan."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1376

Courtesy of Lidia from g+

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

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

1318-001 Capitolium in Brescia

Courtesy of Cri from postcrossing forum

 1318-002 Cividale del Friuli

Courtesy of Gosia from postcrossing forum

1318-003 Torba Monastery

Courtesy of Paolo from g+

1318-003 The castrum with the Torba Tower

and the church outside the walls, Santa Maria foris portas

 

Courtesy of mucciniale from postcrossing forum

1318-004 Spoleto (Basilica di San Salvatore)

Courtesy of dore92 from postcrossing forum

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

Courtesy of Paolo from g+

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

Courtesy of kenji from postcrossing forum

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