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)

GB372 Studley Royal Park and Fountains Abbey available for swap

GB372-01 Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Park (0 available)

03/08/18 1 postcard on its way to Shelly (received) in exchange for Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos (Completed)

1509 CN - Hubei Shennongjia (2016)

Brief Description

"Located in Hubei Province, in central-eastern China, the site consists of two components: Shennongding/Badong to the west and Laojunshan to the east. It protects the largest primary forests remaining in Central China and provides habitat for many rare animal species, such as the Chinese Giant Salamander, the Golden or Sichuan Snub-nosed Monkey, the Clouded Leopard, Common Leopard and the Asian Black Bear. Hubei Shennongjia is one of three centres of biodiversity in China. The site features prominently in the history of botanical research and was the object of international plant collecting expeditions in the 19th and 20th centuries."

"湖北神农架神农架位于中国中东部湖北省。这处遗产地由两部分构成：西边的神农顶/巴东和东边的老君山。这里有中国中部地区最大的原始森林，是中国大蝾螈、川金丝猴、云豹、金钱豹、亚洲黑熊等许多珍稀动物的栖息地。湖北神农架是中国三大生物多样性中心之一，在19和20世纪期间曾是国际植物收集探险活动的目的地，在植物学研究史上占据重要地位。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1509
 

2018 swap record

28/06/18 2 French postcards on its way to kraghavendrabhat (LOST) in exchange for India UNESCO sites (cancelled)

28/06/18 1 French postcards on its way to kraghavendrabhat (received) in exchange for India UNESCO site (Completed)

02/07/18 1 UK postcard on its way to Mikeymike (received) in exchange for Van Nelle Factory (Completed)

04/07/18 1 UK postcard on its way to Cri (received) in exchange for Palmanova (Venetian Works of Defence) (Completed)

05/07/18 2 UK postcards on its way to helent (received) in exchange for Australian UNESCO sites (Completed)

05/07/18 2 UK postcards on its way to cytomembrane (received) in exchange for Huashan (received) and Yinxu (Completed）

Canadian UNESCO postage prepaid cards available for swap

CA24-1 Nahanni National Park (0 available)

03/08/18 1 postcard on its way to kraghavendrabhat (received) in exchange for Rani Ki Vav (Completed)
1 reserved for Julia

CA72-1 Kluane National Park (1 available)

03/08/18 1 postcard on its way to kraghavendrabhat (received) in exchange for Keoladeo N Park (Completed)

CA157-1 SGang Gwaay (2 available)

 

 

CA256-1 Wood Buffalo National Park (1 available)

1 reserved for Julia

CA686-1 Miguasha National Park (1 available)

03/08/18 1 postcard on its way to kraghavendrabhat (received) in exchange for Le-Corbusier Chandigarh (Completed)

CA1285-1 Joggins Fossil Cliffs (1 available)

03/08/18 1 postcard on its way to kraghavendrabhat (received) in exchange for Nalanda (Completed)

CA1412-1 Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (0 available)

03/08/18 1 postcard on its way to kraghavendrabhat (received) in exchange for Kanchenjunga (Completed)
1 reserved for Julia 

 

BR893 Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves available for swap

BR893-1 Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves (0 available)

28/08/18 1 postcard on its way to Christa (received) in exchange for Hedde by and Danevirke (Completed)

JP734 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama available for swap

JP734-1-1 Shirakawa-go 白川乡 (0 available)

10/01/20 1 postcard on its way to SilviaRegina (received) in exchange for Brazil - Pampulha Modern Ensemble (Completed)

JP734-1-2 Shirakawa-go 白川乡 (1 available)

JP734-1-3 Shirakawa-go 白川乡 (0 available)

10/01/20 1 postcard on its way to SilviaRegina (received) in exchange for Brazil - Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina (Completed)

JP734-2-1 Gokayama 五箇山-Ainokura相仓 (1 available)

1449 JP - Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (2014)

Brief Description

This property is a historic sericulture and silk mill complex established in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Gunma prefecture, north-west of Tokyo. It consists of four sites that correspond to the different stages in the production of raw silk: a large raw silk reeling plant whose machinery and industrial expertise were imported from France; an experimental farm for production of cocoons; a school for the dissemination of sericulture knowledge; and a cold-storage facility for silkworm eggs. The site illustrates Japan’s desire to rapidly access the best mass production techniques, and became a decisive element in the renewal of sericulture and the Japanese silk industry in the last quarter of the 19th century. Tomioka Silk Mill and its related sites became the centre of innovation for the production of raw silk and marked Japan’s entry into the modern, industrialized era, making it the world’s leading exporter of raw silk, notably to Europe and the United States.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1449

1449-001     Tomioka Silk Mill
1449-002     Tajima Yahei Sericulture Farm
1449-003     Takayama-sha Sericulture School
1449-004     Arafune Cold Storage     

  Tomioka Silk Mill

  Tomioka Silk Mill 

CZ861 Holašovice available for swap

CZ861-1 Holašovice (0 available)

10/01/20 1 postcard on its way to SilviaRegina (received) in exchange for Brazil - Paraty (Completed)

DE1239 Berlin Modernism Housing Estates available for swap

DE1239-03-1 Hufeisensiedlung (0 available)

03/10/2018 1 postcard on its way to dore92 (received) in exchange for Oropa (Completed)

RU1234 Putorana Plateau available for swap

RU1234-1 Putorana Plateau (1 available)

RU994 Curonian Spit available for swap

RU994-1 Curonian Spit (1 available)

US78 Independence Hall available for swap

US78-1 Independence Hall (1 available）

1533 IT/HR/MT - Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar (2017)

Brief Description

This property consists of 15 components of defence works in Italy, Croatia and Montenegro, spanning more than 1,000 kilometres between the Lombard region of Italy and the eastern Adriatic Coast. The fortifications throughout the Stato da Terraprotected the Republic of Venice from other European powers to the northwest and those of the Stato da Mar protected the sea routes and ports in the Adriatic Sea to the Levant. They were necessary to support the expansion and authority of the Serenissima. The introduction of gunpowder led to significant shifts in military techniques and architecture that are reflected in the design of so-called alla modernaI bastioned, fortifications, which were to spread throughout Europe.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1533

1533-001 Fortified city of Bergamo， Italy

1533-002 Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda， Italy

1533-003 City Fortress of Palmanova， Italy

1533-004 Defensive System of Zadar， Croatia

1533-005 Fort of St. Nikola, Šibenik-Knin County， Croatia

1533-006 Fortified city of Kotor， Montenegro

Courtesy of julie7745 from postcrossing forum

Fortified city of Bergamo， Italy

Courtesy of Cri from postcrossing forum

1533-003 City Fortress of Palmanova

stamp showing Verona Pont Petra

Courtesy of pierresurleciel from postcrossing forum

1533-004 Defensive System of Zadar

1533-005 Fort of St. Nikola, Šibenik-Knin County， Croatia

Courtesy of Antich from postcrossing

1533-005 Fort of St. Nikola, Šibenik-Knin County， Croatia

 

Courtesy of Sanja from postcrossing

1533-006 Fortified city of Kotor

1541 CN - Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement (2017)

Brief Description

Kulangsu is a tiny island located on the estuary of the Chiu-lung River, facing the city of Xiamen. With the opening of a commercial port at Xiamen in 1843, and the establishment of the island as an international settlement in 1903, this island off the southern coast of the Chinese empire suddenly became an important window for Sino-foreign exchanges. Kulangsu is an exceptional example of the cultural fusion that emerged from these exchanges, which remain legible in its urban fabric. There is a mixture of different architectural styles including Traditional Southern Fujian Style, Western Classical Revival Style and Veranda Colonial Style. The most exceptional testimony of the fusion of various stylistic influences is a new architectural movement, the Amoy Deco Style, which is a synthesis of the Modernist style of the early 20th century and Art Deco.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1541