668 KH - Angkor (1992)

Brief Description

"Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations. UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings."

吴哥窟
"吴哥窟是东南亚最重要的考古学遗址之一。吴哥窟遗址公园占地面积达400多平方公里，包括森林地区，有9至15世纪高棉王 国(the Khmer Empire)各个时期首都的辉煌遗迹，其中包括了著名的吴哥寺(Angkor Wat)，以及坐落在吴哥索姆(Angkor Thom)以无数雕塑饰品而著称的白永寺庙(Bayon Temple)。联合国教科文组织已经对这一遗址及其周边制定了一项覆盖范围广泛的保护计划。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/668

1st Capital Roluos(Bakong, Preah Ko, Lolei)
2nd Capital Pre Rup, Banteay Srei 
Greatest capital Angkor

Angkor Wat - View from West to East

Angkor Wat - View from East to West

Angkor Wat - Apsara

Angkor Wat - Vishnu

Angkor Thom - South Gate

Angkor Thom

Elephant Terrance 斗象台

Preah Palilay temple 圣芭丽寺

Bayon Temple 巴戎寺

Bayon Temple 巴戎寺

 

Smiling Face 人面塔

Bakheng temple 巴肯山

 

Bakheng Temple 巴肯寺

Baksei Chamkrong 巴塞增空金字塔

Thommanon temple 塔玛侬塔

Ta Prohm 塔普伦寺

Pre Rup 变身塔

Banteay Samre 班提色玛寺

Preah Khan temple 宝剑塔

Neak Pean 龙蟠宫
Banteay Srey 女皇宫

 Banteay Srey 女皇宫

318 ES - Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid (1984)

Brief Description

"Built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the martyrdom of St Lawrence, the Escurial Monastery stands in an exceptionally beautiful site in Castile. Its austere architecture, a break with previous styles, had a considerable influence on Spanish architecture for more than half a century. It was the retreat of a mystic king and became, in the last years of Philip II's reign, the centre of the greatest political power of the time."

德里埃斯科里亚尔修道院和遗址

"埃斯科里亚尔修道院建于公元16世纪末，位于环境优美的卡斯蒂尔。整个修道院的设计采用长方形格子结构，这样的设计是为了 纪念殉难的基督教徒圣劳伦斯，因为他当年就是被这样的刑具折磨致死的。这种简朴且与以往截然不同的建筑风格影响了西班牙半个多世纪。这里还曾是一位神秘国 王的隐居之所。到菲利普二世统治后期，这里成为当时最强大的政治力量中心。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/318

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GB425 Blenheim Palace available for swap

GB425 - Blenheim Palace (1987)

GB425-01 Blenheim Palace (0 available)
04/08/10 1 postcard on its way to elbe (received) in exchange for AR303 - Iguazu National Park (Completed)

GB425-02 Blenheim Palace (0 available)
01/09/10 1 postcard on its way to ossuusso (received) in exchange for Estonia map (Completed)

GB425-03 Blenheim Palace (0 available)
04/08/10 1 postcard on its way to elbe (received) in exchange for AR145 - Los Glaciares (Completed)
04/08/10 1 postcard on its way to violeta13 (lost in post) in exchange for RO906 - Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains - Blidaru Dacian fortress (lost in post)
30/08/10 1 postcard on its way to Diaboluke (received) in exchange for MT132 - Megalithic Temples of Malta (Completed)
07/06/11 1 postcard on its way to Childish (Received) in exchange for Bahrain or Iran unesco from Elbe (Completed)

GB425-04 Blenheim Palace (0 available)
02/08/10 1 postcard on its way to Bodexs (received) in exchange for TN37 - Archaeological Site of Carthage (Completed)

425 GB - Blenheim Palace (1987)

Brief Description

"Blenheim Palace, near Oxford, stands in a romantic park created by the famous landscape gardener 'Capability' Brown. It was presented by the English nation to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, in recognition of his victory in 1704 over French and Bavarian troops. Built between 1705 and 1722 and characterized by an eclectic style and a return to national roots, it is a perfect example of an 18th-century princely dwelling."

布莱尼姆宫
"牛津城附近的一个浪漫花园中，有一个众所周知的名胜，就是由天才园艺师布郎建造的布莱尼姆宫。它是英国国王为奖赏于 1704年打败法国和巴伐比亚侵略军的马德罗第一位公爵约翰·邱吉尔，而于1705-1722年建造的公爵府。布莱尼姆宫以折中风格和回归民族根基而著 称，是18世纪王宫建筑的杰出典范。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/425

with matching stamp

353 US - Chaco Culture (1987)

Brief Description

"For over 2,000 years, Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States. Chaco Canyon, a major centre of ancestral Pueblo culture between 850 and 1250, was a focus for ceremonials, trade and political activity for the prehistoric Four Corners area. Chaco is remarkable for its monumental public and ceremonial buildings and its distinctive architecture – it has an ancient urban ceremonial centre that is unlike anything constructed before or since. In addition to the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, the World Heritage property includes the Aztec Ruins National Monument and several smaller Chaco sites managed by the Bureau of Land Management."

查科文化国家历史公园

"在长达两千多年的时间里，印第安人统治着现在美国西南部的大片土地。查科大峡谷曾是公元850年至1250年间古代原住民 文化的中心，也是史前四角地区重要的宗教中心、贸易中心和政治中心。查科地区还以其独特的建筑而世界闻名，它不仅有许多古代公共建筑和宗教仪式建筑，而且 还有一处古代城市仪式中心，这个建筑的风格可谓前无古人，后无来者。除了查科文化国家历史公园以外，世纪遗产还包括了其他几处由国家土地管理局管辖的阿兹 特克遗迹国家古迹和较小的查科遗迹。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/353

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1170 RU - Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (2005)

Brief Description

"Situated at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers some 250 km north-east of Moscow, the historic city of Yaroslavl developed into a major commercial centre from the 11th century. It is renowned for its numerous 17th-century churches and is an outstanding example of the urban planning reform Empress Catherine the Great ordered for the whole of Russia in 1763. While keeping some of its significant historic structures, the town was renovated in the neoclassical style on a radial urban master plan. It has also kept elements from the 16th century in the Spassky Monastery, one of the oldest in the Upper Volga region, built on the site of a pagan temple in the late 12th century but reconstructed over time."

雅罗斯拉夫尔城的历史中心
"雅罗斯拉夫尔城位于伏尔加河与科特罗斯河交汇处，离莫斯科东北部约250公里，在11世纪发展成为一个主要的商业中心。雅 罗斯拉夫尔城以其大量的17世纪教堂而闻名，在1763年成为凯萨琳皇后为整个俄罗斯下令的城市计划改革的典范。在保存其中的一些有重大历史意义的建筑的 同时，雅罗斯拉夫尔城根据放射状的城市总体规划，以新古典主义的风格进行了修复，它仍然保持16世纪斯帕斯基修道院的风格。该修道院是伏尔加河上游地区最 古老的建筑之一，在12世纪晚期建在异教教堂遗址上，但后来被改建。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1170

Courtesy of Lukka from postcrossing forum

982 RU - Ensemble of the Ferrapontov Monastery (2000)

Brief Description

"The Ferapontov Monastery, in the Vologda region in northern Russia, is an exceptionally well-preserved and complete example of a Russian Orthodox monastic complex of the 15th-17th centuries, a period of great significance in the development of the unified Russian state and its culture. The architecture of the monastery is outstanding in its inventiveness and purity. The interior is graced by the magnificent wall paintings of Dionisy, the greatest Russian artist of the end of the 15th century."

费拉邦多夫修道院遗址群
"位于俄罗斯北部沃洛哥达地区的费拉邦多夫修道院是15世纪至17世纪俄东正教修道院建筑中得以保存最为完好的遗址群。而这 一时期又是统一俄罗斯及其文化发展十分重要的阶段。修道院建筑的创新和纯洁性最为突出。建筑内部因绘有15世纪末俄最伟大画家笛欧尼兹的作品而显得格外雅 致。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/982

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632 RU - Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (1992)

Brief Description

"The Solovetsky archipelago comprises six islands in the western part of the White Sea, covering 300 km². They have been inhabited since the 5th century B.C. and important traces of a human presence from as far back as the 5th millennium B.C. can be found there. The archipelago has been the site of fervent monastic activity since the 15th century, and there are several churches dating from the 16th to the 19th century."

索洛维茨基群岛的历史建筑群
"索洛维茨基群岛是由位于白海西部的6个岛屿组成，占地300平方公里。在这里人类生存的重要痕迹可以追溯到公元前三千年， 而且证明公元前5世纪就有人居住于此。从公元前5世纪始，这个群岛就是热衷于宗教的修道士们的活动场所。于16世纪至19世纪期间兴建的许多教堂至今仍保 存完好。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/632

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980 RU - Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (2000)

Brief Description

"Built on an ancient site, the Kazan Kremlin dates from the Muslim period of the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate. It was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1552 and became the Christian See of the Volga Land. The only surviving Tatar fortress in Russia and an important place of pilgrimage, the Kazan Kremlin consists of an outstanding group of historic buildings dating from the 16th to 19th centuries, integrating remains of earlier structures of the 10th to 16th centuries."

喀山克里姆林宫
"建在古老遗址上的喀山克里姆林宫可追溯到黄金游牧部落和喀山可汗的穆斯林时代。因1552年被伊凡四世征服而成为伏尔加基 督教区。喀山克里姆林宫是俄罗斯唯一保存下来的鞑靼人要塞和重要的朝圣地。在这里，公元16世纪到19世纪美仑美奂的历史建筑群与公元10世纪到16世纪 的早期建筑得到了绝妙结合。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/980

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437 CN - Mount Taishan (1987)

Brief Description

"The sacred Mount Tai ('shan' means 'mountain') was the object of an imperial cult for nearly 2,000 years, and the artistic masterpieces found there are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape. It has always been a source of inspiration for Chinese artists and scholars and symbolizes ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs."

泰山

"近两千年来，庄严神圣的泰山一直是帝王朝拜的对象。山中的人文杰作与自然景观完美和谐地融合在一起。泰山一直是中国艺术家 和学者的精神源泉，是古代中国文明和信仰的象征。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/437

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871 SE - Naval Port of Karlskrona (1998)

Brief Description

"Karlskrona is an outstanding example of a late-17th-century European planned naval city. The original plan and many of the buildings have survived intact, along with installations that illustrate its subsequent development up to the present day."

卡尔斯克鲁纳军港
"卡尔斯克鲁纳是欧洲17世纪末海军城市的一个突出典范。直到今天，它最初的设计和许多建筑连同反映它后来发展的设施都被完 好地保存下来。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/871

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