499 TN - Kairouan (1988)

Brief Description

"Founded in 670, Kairouan flourished under the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Despite the transfer of the political capital to Tunis in the 12th century, Kairouan remained the Maghreb's principal holy city. Its rich architectural heritage includes the Great Mosque, with its marble and porphyry columns, and the 9th-century Mosque of the Three Gates."

凯鲁万

"凯鲁万始建于公元670年，公元9世纪曾在阿夫拉比德王朝统治下繁盛一时。尽管到了12世纪时其政治首都的地位被突尼斯市 (Tunis) 所取代, 凯鲁万仍是马格里布地区首屈一指的圣城。此城有着丰富的建筑遗产，例如由大理石和斑岩制成柱子的大清真寺，以及修建于公元9世纪的三门清真寺。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/499

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794 TN - Dougga / Thugga (1997)

Brief Description

"Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the capital of an important Libyco-Punic state. It flourished under Roman and Byzantine rule, but declined in the Islamic period. The impressive ruins that are visible today give some idea of the resources of a small Roman town on the fringes of the empire."

沙格镇

"沙格镇坐落在一处高地上，俯瞰肥沃的平原。在罗马合并努米底亚之前，沙格镇是强盛的利西亚－迦太基人国家的首都。在罗马和拜占庭统治时期沙格繁盛起来，随后在伊斯兰统治时期逐步衰落。我们今天所能看到的该处遗址在一定程度上反映了处在帝国边缘上的罗马小镇的风貌。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/794

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37 TN - Archaeological Site of Carthage (1979)

Brief Description

"Carthage was founded in the 9th century B.C. on the Gulf of Tunis. From the 6th century onwards, it developed into a great trading empire covering much of the Mediterranean and was home to a brilliant civilization. In the course of the long Punic wars, Carthage occupied territories belonging to Rome, which finally destroyed its rival in 146 B.C. A second – Roman – Carthage was then established on the ruins of the first."

迦太基遗址

"迦太基毗邻突尼斯湾，始建于公元前9世纪。自公元6世纪起，迦太基逐步发展成为一个强大的贸易帝国，也创造了一段辉煌的文 明。其领土曾扩展到地中海大部分地区。在漫长的布匿战争中，迦太基占领了罗马的领土，但最终于公元前146年被罗马打败。第二个罗马迦太基城建立在古迦太 基的废墟之上。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/37

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38 TN - Amphitheatre of El Jem (1979)

Brief Description

"The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa, a huge amphitheatre which could hold up to 35,000 spectators, are found in the small village of El Jem. This 3rd-century monument illustrates the grandeur and extent of Imperial Rome."

杰姆的圆形竞技场

"该遗址是北非最大的竞技场遗址，其规模令人叹为观止。该竞技场坐落在一个叫杰姆的小村子里，能够容纳35 000名观众。这座始建于3世纪的建筑展示了罗马帝国的庄严和庞大。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/38

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804 ES - Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (1997)

Brief Description

"These are two of the finest contributions to Barcelona's architecture by the Catalan art nouveau architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The Palau de la Música Catalana is an exuberant steel-framed structure full of light and space, and decorated by many of the leading designers of the day. The Hospital de Sant Pau is equally bold in its design and decoration, while at the same time perfectly adapted to the needs of the sick."

巴塞罗那的帕劳音乐厅及圣保罗医院

"作为建筑界新秀的加泰罗尼亚建筑师蒙塔奈尔对于巴塞罗那的建筑有两项最出色的贡献，即帕劳音乐厅和圣保罗医院。帕劳音乐厅 由巨大的钢架结构组成，光线充足，空间开阔，由当时许多顶尖设计师进行内部装饰。圣保罗医院的设计和装饰同样大胆创新，同时它也尽善尽美地适合病人们的需 求。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/804

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Interior - Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

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Hospital de Sant Pau Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

1337 FR - Episcopal City of Albi (2010)

Brief Description

"On the banks of the Tarn river in south-west France, the old city of Albi reflects the culmination of a medieval architectural and urban ensemble. Today the Old Bridge (Pont-Vieux), the Saint-Salvi quarter and its church are testimony to its initial development (10th -11th centuries). Following the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathar heretics (13th century) it became a powerful episcopal city. Built in a unique southern French Gothic style from local brick in characteristic red and orange colours, the lofty fortified Cathedral (late 13th century) dominates the city, demonstrating the power regained by the Roman Catholic clergy. Alongside the Cathedral is the vast bishop’s Palais de la Berbie, overlooking the river and surrounded by residential quarters that date back to the Middle Ages. The Episcopal City of Albi forms a coherent and homogeneous ensemble of monuments and quarters that has remained largely unchanged over the centuries."

阿尔比市的主教旧城

"法国西南部塔恩河畔的阿尔比旧城，通过城中至今保存完好的旧桥、圣萨尔维堡以及堡中的教堂（十到十一世纪），为人们展示了 中世纪在建筑和城市方面的发展。 13世纪，阿尔比十字军（Albigensian Crusade）镇压了卡特里派教会后，阿尔比市在一夜之间成为一座势力强大的主教派城市。阿尔比大教堂由本地生产的红砖与黄砖垒砌而成，具有独特的法国 南方哥特式建筑风格，并带有防御工事，表现出罗马教会在重新占据主导地位后所拥有的强大势力。中世纪以来建立的居民区环绕着一座宏伟的主教宫殿——贝尔比 宫（Palais de la Berbie），它俯瞰着塔恩河，并与大教堂相得益彰。标志性的古迹与几百年来依然保持原有的风貌街区构成了风格一致的阿尔比主教城。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1337

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946 BA - Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (2005)

Brief Description

"The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it is named. In the 1990s conflict, however, most of the historic town and the Old Bridge, designed by the renowned architect Sinan, was destroyed. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt and many of the edifices in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt with the contribution of an international scientific committee established by UNESCO. The Old Bridge area, with its pre-Ottoman, eastern Ottoman, Mediterranean and western European architectural features, is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. The reconstructed Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar is a symbol of reconciliation, international co-operation and of the coexistence of diverse cultural, ethnic and religious communities."

莫斯塔尔旧城和旧桥地区

"莫斯塔尔(Mostar)古镇横跨雷特瓦河深谷，是15和 16世纪作为土耳其边境小镇建立起来的，于19和20世纪的奥匈帝国时期得到了进一步发展。莫斯塔尔一直以来因其古老的土耳其房屋和老桥(Stari Most) 而闻名，并因此桥而得名。然而，在1990年冲突期间，这个古镇的大部分地方和由著名建筑师思南(Sinan)设计的老桥都遭到了摧毁。由于联合国教科文 组织成立的国际科学委员会的努力，老桥于近期得到了重建，古镇的许多建筑也得到了修复或重建。老桥地区融合了前土耳其、土耳其东部、地中海和西欧建筑风 格，是一个典型的多文化城市住区。重建后的老桥和莫斯塔尔旧城是协调和解、国际合作的象征，也是不同文化、种族和宗教社会之间和睦相处的象征。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946

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514 GB - Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999)

Brief Description

"The group of Neolithic monuments on Orkney consists of a large chambered tomb (Maes Howe), two ceremonial stone circles (the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar) and a settlement (Skara Brae), together with a number of unexcavated burial, ceremonial and settlement sites. The group constitutes a major prehistoric cultural landscape which gives a graphic depiction of life in this remote archipelago in the far north of Scotland some 5,000 years ago."

奥克尼新石器时代遗址

"奥克尼新石器时代遗址包括一个宠大的墓穴（麦豪石室）和两个举行仪式的石圈（斯特尼斯石圈和布罗德加古石圈）、一个居住区（史卡拉弧状岩石）和许多未被挖掘出来的墓葬、仪式场所和定居点。它们形成了壮观的文化遗址，展现了五千年前苏格兰群岛北部一个偏僻岛屿上的生活状况。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/514

• 514bis-001 Maes Howe
• 514bis-002 Stones of Stenness
• 514bis-003 Ring of Brogar
• 514bis-004 Skara Brae

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Left 1 Ring of Brogar, Upper 2, Maes Howe, Upper 3 Ring of Brogar, Lower 3 Stones of Stenness

Courtesy of Paul from England

514bis-003 Ring of Brogar

733 IT - Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995)

Brief Description

"Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palaces of the House of Este. The humanist concept of the 'ideal city' came to life here in the neighbourhoods built from 1492 onwards by Biagio Rossetti according to the new principles of perspective. The completion of this project marked the birth of modern town planning and influenced its subsequent development."

文艺复兴城市费拉拉城以及波河三角洲
"费拉拉是从波河浅滩上建立起来的，并逐渐成为意大利文化艺术中心。15、16世纪时它吸引了大批文艺复兴的才子巨匠。在这 座城市里，皮耶罗·德拉·弗兰切斯卡(Piero della Francesca)、雅各布·贝利尼(Jacopo Bellini) 和曼泰尼亚 (Andrea Mantegna) 装饰了埃斯泰王朝的宫殿。人本主义观念下的“理想城市”也在这里成为现实：从1492年起，比亚焦·罗塞蒂(Biagio Rossetti) 根据远景规划的新原则在埃斯泰王朝的宫殿周围建造起了“理想城市”。这个规划的完成标志着现代化都市设计的诞生，并影响了其以后城市建筑的发展。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/733

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Pomposa Abbey near Ferrara

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Po Delta

CN108 - The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin (1996)

Elephant-Trunk Hill

TH1919 - Phimai, its Cultural Route and the Associated Temples of Phanomroong and Muangtam (2004)

Prasat Hin Phimai

Courtesy of Emerich from Czech

Temples of Phanomroong

455 GR - Meteora (1988)

Brief Description

"In a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these 'columns of the sky' from the 11th century onwards. Twenty-four of these monasteries were built, despite incredible difficulties, at the time of the great revival of the eremetic ideal in the 15th century. Their 16th-century frescoes mark a key stage in the development of post-Byzantine painting."

曼代奥拉

"从11世纪起，一些修道士就在这个几乎不可抵达的砂岩峰地区定居了下来，住在“天空之柱”上。15世纪，隐士思想大复兴，这些修道士克服了超乎想象的困难，在这里修建了24座修道院。这里的16世纪壁画代表了后拜占庭绘画艺术发展的一个重要阶段。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/455

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55 NO - Røros Mining Town and the Circumference (1980)

Brief Description

"The history of the town of Røros is linked to the copper mines. Established in the 17th century, they were exploited for 333 years until 1977. Completely rebuilt after its destruction by Swedish troops in 1679, Røros contains about 2000 wooden one- and two-storey houses and a smelting house. Many of these buildings have preserved their blackened wooden façades, giving the town a medieval appearance. The site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980. The extension is a serial site and comprises the Town and its industrial-rural cultural landscapes; Femundshytta, a smelter with its associated area; and the Winter Transport Route. Surrounded by a buffer zone, coincident with the area of privileges (the Circumference) granted to the mining enterprise by the Danish-Norwegian Crown (1646), the property illustrates the establishment and flourishing of a lasting culture based on copper mining in a remote region with a harsh climate."

勒罗斯矿城及周边地区

"勒罗斯城的历史与当地的铜矿紧密相连，这一发现于17世纪的铜矿，其开采利用一直持续到1977年。勒罗斯城在1679年 被瑞典军队夷为平地后，得到了彻底的重建，迄今城中仍有约2000幢木结构的一家庭和两家庭建筑以及一座铸造厂。许多木屋仍然保持着黑色的建筑外墙，呈现 出一派中世纪的城市风格。勒罗斯城于1980年被正式列入《世界遗产名录》。此次扩展的部分由包括勒罗斯城及其工农业文化景观；费门兹塔 （Femundsytta）铸造厂及其相关区域，以及冬季运输道路等一系列遗址组成。勒罗斯周边的缓冲区与优惠区是丹麦-挪威王室向当地的矿产开发公司授 予的（1646年）。这一遗产的价值在于体现了如何在气候严酷而偏远的地区，建立起一种以铜矿开采为基础的文化。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/55

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Courtesy of Morgenstjerne from postcrossing

1312 ES - Tower of Hercules (2009)

Brief Description

"The Tower of Hercules has served as a lighthouse and landmark at the entrance of La Coruña harbour in north-western Spain since the late 1st century A.D. when the Romans built the Farum Brigantium. The Tower, built on a 57 metre high rock, rises a further 55 meters. It is divided into three progressively smaller levels, the first of which corresponds to the Roman structure of the lighthouse. Immediately adjacent to the base of the Tower, is a small rectangular Roman building. The site also features a sculpture park, the Monte dos Bicos rock carvings from the Iron Age and a Muslim cemetery. The Roman foundations of the building were revealed in excavations conducted in the 1990s. Many legends from the Middle Ages to the 19th century surround the Tower of Hercules which is unique as it is the only lighthouse of Greco-Roman antiquity to have retained a measure of structural integrity and functional continuity."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1312

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1273 SK - Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (2008)

Brief Description

”The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area inscribed on the World Heritage List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The property presents good examples of a rich local tradition of religious architecture, marked by the meeting of Latin and Byzantine cultures. The edifices exhibit some typological variations in their floor plans, interior spaces and external appearance due to their respective religious practices. They bear testimony to the development of major architectural and artistic trends during the period of construction and to their interpretation and adaptation to a specific geographical and cultural context. Interiors are decorated with paintings on the walls and ceilings and other works of art that enrich the cultural significance of the properties.“

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1273
 
1273-001 Hervartov
1273-002 Tvrdosin
1273-003 Kezmarok
1273-004 Lestiny
1273-005 Hronsek (church)
1273-006 Hronsek (belfry)
1273-007 Bodruzal
1273-008 Ladomirová
1273-009 Ruská Bystrá

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1273-004 Lestiny

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1273-005 Hronsek (church)

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1273-008 The Chruch of Archangel Michael in Ladomirova

620 SK - Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (1993)

Brief Description

Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has remained remarkably intact.
The extended site features the addition of the historic town-centre of Levoča founded in the 13th and 14th centuries within fortifications. Most of the site has been preserved and it includes the 14th century church of St James with its ten alters of the 15th and 16th centuries, a remarkable collection of polychrome works in the Late Gothic style, including an 18.6 metre high alterpiece by completed around 1510 by Master Paul.

"Spišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has remained remarkably intact.
The extended site features the addition of the historic town-centre of Levoča founded in the 13th and 14th centuries within fortifications. Most of the site has been preserved and it includes the 14th century church of St James with its ten alters of the 15th and 16th centuries, a remarkable collection of polychrome works in the Late Gothic style, including an 18.6 metre high alterpiece by completed around 1510 by Master Paul."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/620

620bis-002 Levoča and the work of Master Paul in Spiš

620rev-001 Spišský Hrad and the its Associated Cultural Monuments

Levoča

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Spišský Hrad

630 AU - Fraser Island (1992)

Brief Description

"Fraser Island lies just off the east coast of Australia. At 122 km long, it is the largest sand island in the world. Majestic remnants of tall rainforest growing on sand and half the world’s perched freshwater dune lakes are found inland from the beach. The combination of shifting sand-dunes, tropical rainforests and lakes makes it an exceptional site."

弗雷泽岛

"弗雷泽岛与澳大利亚东海岸隔海相望，长122公里，是世界上最大的沙岛。从海滩往岛内延伸，除了长在沙土之中的高大茂密的热带雨林，还有世界上半数的淡水沙丘悬湖。移动的沙丘、热带雨林和湖泊一起构成了这个岛屿独一无二的景观。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/630

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849 TR - Archaeological Site of Troy (1998)

Brief Description

"Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1870. In scientific terms, its extensive remains are the most significant demonstration of the first contact between the civilizations of Anatolia and the Mediterranean world. Moreover, the siege of Troy by Spartan and Achaean warriors from Greece in the 13th or 12th century B.C., immortalized by Homer in the Iliad, has inspired great creative artists throughout the world ever since."

特洛伊考古遗址

"特洛伊以其4000多年的历史成为世界上最著名的考古遗址之一。1870年，著名的考古学家海因里希·谢里曼 (Heinrich Schliemann) 对这个遗址进行了第一次挖掘。从科学的角度来说，它大量的遗存物是安纳托利亚和地中海文明之间联系的最重要最实质的证明。特洛伊于公元前13世纪或12世 纪遭到来自希腊的斯巴达人和亚加亚人的围攻，这一史实由荷马写进史诗而流传千古，而且从那时起它便启发了世界上众多艺术家的创作灵感。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/849

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DE367 Roman monuments in Trier available for swap

DE367-1 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (0 available)
25/10/10 1 postcard on its way to ninocas (received) in exchange for ES804 - Hospital de Sant Pau (Completed)

DE846 Classical Weimar available for swap

DE846 - Classical Weimar (0 available)

25/10/24 1 postcard on its way to Cri (received) in exchange for Italian UNESCO - Villa Thiene (Completed)