1090 CH/IT - Monte San Giorgio (2003)

Brief Description

"The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245–230 million years ago). The sequence records life in a tropical lagoon environment, sheltered and partially separated from the open sea by an offshore reef. Diverse marine life flourished within this lagoon, including reptiles, fish, bivalves, ammonites, echinoderms and crustaceans. Because the lagoon was near land, the remains also include land-based fossils of reptiles, insects and plants, resulting in an extremely rich source of fossils."
圣乔治山

"位于提契诺州卢加诺湖（瑞士）的南面的圣乔治山海拔为1096米，其森林覆盖的山体呈金字塔型。圣乔治山出土的三叠纪海洋 生物（245-230万年前）化石，迄今为止是最好的。它于2003年列入《世界遗产名录》。扩展之后，意大利境内的圣乔治山部分也一起包括进来。扩展部 分的主要特点在于此处三叠纪化石层所含种类丰富并且价值极高。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1090

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View from Switzerland

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View from Italy

268 CH - Convent of St Gall (1983)

Brief Description

"The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805, one of the most important in Europe. Its library is one of the richest and oldest in the world and contains precious manuscripts such as the earliest-known architectural plan drawn on parchment. From 1755 to 1768, the conventual area was rebuilt in Baroque style. The cathedral and the library are the main features of this remarkable architectural complex, reflecting 12 centuries of continuous activity."

圣加尔修道院
"从公元8世纪至1805年脱离宗教影响，圣加尔修道院一直是 欧洲最重要的建筑之一，是卡洛林王朝时期修道院建筑风格的完美再现。修道院图书馆是世界上历史最悠久、馆藏最丰富的图书馆之一，其藏品中保存有许多珍贵的 手稿，部分手稿写于羊皮上，内容是最初的建筑构想。修道院社区于公元1755-1768年按巴罗克式的风格重建。大教堂和图书馆是该宏伟建筑群的主要代 表，一千两百年以来，人们在此活动不断。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/268

Interior of library

Postmark showing Thurbrücke in Bischofszell, one of the most notable bridges from the late middle-ages in Switzerland

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Interior of St Gallen

stamp showing the site, Convent of St Gall

1283 FR - Fortifications of Vauban (2008)

Brief Description

"Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France. They represent the finest examples of the work of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), a military engineer of King Louis XIV. The serial property includes towns built from scratch by Vauban, citadels, urban bastion walls and bastion towers. There are also mountain forts, sea forts, a mountain battery and two mountain communication structures. This property is inscribed as bearing witness to the peak of classic fortifications, typical of western military architecture. Vauban also played a major role in the history of fortification in Europe and on other continents until the mid-19th century."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1283

1283-001 La citadella d’Arras
1283-002 La citadelle, l’enceinte urbaine et le fort Griffon de Besançon
1283-003 La citadelle et le fort Paté et Médoc de Blaye/Cussac-Fort-Médoc
1283-004 L’enceinte urbaine, les forts des Salettes, des Trois-Tête, du Randoouillet et Dauphin, la communication Y et le pont d’Asfeld de Briançon
1283-005 La tour Dorée de Camaret-sur-Mer
1283-006 La place forte de Longwy
1283-007 La place forte de Mont-Dauphin
1283-008 L’enceinte et la citadelle de Mont-Louis
1283-009 La place forte de Neuf-Brisach
1283-010 La citadelle el l’enceinte de Saint-Martin-de-Ré
1283-011 Les tours-observatoires de Tatihou et de la Hougue
1283-012 L’enceinte, le fort et la Cova Bastera de Villefranche-de-Conflent

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1283-001 La citadella d’Arras

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1283-002 Citadel of Besançon - Fortified entrance to the Front Royal

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1283-003 La citadelle et le fort Paté et Médoc de Blaye

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1283-005 La tour Dorée de Camaret-sur-Mer

 

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1283-006 La place forte de Longwy

stamp showing another unesco sites Reimes cathedral

1283-008 L’enceinte et la citadelle de Mont-Louis

1283-009 Neuf-Brisach ( Haut-Rhin ): New Town

1283-010 La citadelle el l’enceinte de Saint-Martin-de-Ré

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1283-012 L’enceinte, le fort et la Cova Bastera de Villefranche-de-Conflent

1256 FR - Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2007)

Brief Description

"The Port of the Moon, port city of Bordeaux in south-west France, is inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the age of the Enlightenment, whose values continued up to the first half of the 20th century, with more protected buildings than any other French city except Paris. It is also recognized for its historic role as a place of exchange of cultural values over more than 2,000 years, particularly since the 12th century due to commercial links with Britain and the Low Lands. Urban plans and architectural ensembles of the early 18th century onwards place the city as an outstanding example of innovative classical and neoclassical trends and give it an exceptional urban and architectural unity and coherence. Its urban form represents the success of philosophers who wanted to make towns into melting pots of humanism, universality and culture."
波尔多月亮港
"作为历史中心的波尔多，人称“月亮港”，是位于法国西南的一 座港口城市，建立于启蒙运动时期，汇集了大量城市建筑，其价值观念一致延续到20世纪前半叶。这里作为历史古城列入世界遗产，除巴黎外，这里是法国受保护 建筑最多的城市。2000多年来，特别是从12世纪开始同英国和低地国家开展商业往来以来，月亮港作为文化价值交流中心发挥了重要的历史作用。18世纪初 期以来的城市规划和建筑群体现了创造性古典主义和新古典主义趋势，展示了城市与建筑的完美结合与统一。这里的城市布局是哲学家的胜利，他们把城市变成了人 文主义、普遍性和文化的融炉。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1256

 

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304 CA - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984)

Brief Description

"The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a striking mountain landscape. The Burgess Shale fossil site, well known for its fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals, is also found there."

加拿大落基山公园
"逶迤相连的班夫(Banff)、贾斯珀 (Jasper)、库特奈(Kootenay)和约虎(Yoho)国家公园，以及罗布森山(Mount Robson)、阿西尼博因山(Mount Assiniboine)和汉伯省级公园(Hamber provincial parks)构成了一道亮丽的高山风景线，那里有山峰、冰河、湖泊、瀑布、峡谷和石灰石洞穴。这里的伯吉斯谢尔化石遗址也有海洋软体动物的化石。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/304

Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Kootenay National Park
Mount Robson Provincial Park (ext 1990)
Hamber Provincial Park (ext 1990)
Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park  (ext 1990)
Burgess Shale (former 1980)

Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier in Banff National Park

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Peyto Lake in Banff National Park

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Peyto Lake in Banff National Park

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Maligne Lake / Spirit Island in Jasper National Park

Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park

Athabasca river in Jasper National Park

Lake O'Hara in Yoho National park

 

CA304-4 Kootenay National Park

 

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Mount Robson Provincial Park

823 IT - Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997)

Brief Description

"When Emmanuel-Philibert, Duke of Savoy, moved his capital to Turin in 1562, he began a vast series of building projects (continued by his successors) to demonstrate the power of the ruling house. This outstanding complex of buildings, designed and embellished by the leading architects and artists of the time, radiates out into the surrounding countryside from the Royal Palace in the 'Command Area' of Turin to include many country residences and hunting lodges."

萨沃王宫

"当萨沃公爵埃马努埃尔·菲利博特(Emmanuel-Philibert) 在1562年把他的首都移往都灵时，他便开始实行了一系列的建筑规划（并由他的继位人不断付诸实施），以此来显示这个统治家族的权力。这一由当时水平最高 的建筑师和艺术家设计和装饰的高质量综合建筑群，从统治中心都灵的皇宫向其周边的农村地区拓展，囊括了许多村庄住宅和打猎用的小屋。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/823

    In Turin:
        01A Palazzo Reale
        01B Palazzo Madama
        01C Palazzo Carignano
        02 Castello del Valentino
        03 Villa della Regina

    In Piedmont, near Turin
        06 Palazzina di Stupinigi
        07 Reggia di Venaria Reale
        08 Castle of La Mandria
        05 Castle of Rivoli
        09 Castle of Agliè
        04 Castle of Moncalieri
        10 Castle of Racconigi
        12 Pollenzo Estate
        11 Castle of Govone

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01A Palazzo Reale

 

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06 Palazzina di Stupinigi