Belgium - Flemish Béguinages

The Béguines were women who dedicated their lives to God without retiring from the world. In the 13th century they founded the béguinages , enclosed communities designed to meet their spiritual and material needs. The Flemish béguinages are architectural ensembles composed of houses, churches, ancillary buildings and green spaces, with a layout of either urban or rural origin and built in styles specific to the Flemish cultural region. They are a fascinating reminder of the tradition of the Béguines that developed in north-western Europe in the Middle Ages.

Date of Inscription: 1998
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/855/

855-001 Béguinage de Hoogstraten
Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

855-002 Béguinage de Lier (Lierre)
Lier (Lierre), Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

855-003 Grand Béguinage de Mechelen (Malines)
Mechelen (Malines), Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

855-004 Béguinage de Turnhout
Turnhout, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium

855-005 Beguinage de Sint-Truiden (Saint Trond)
Sint-Truiden (Saint Trond), Limbourg, Flanders, Belgium

855-006 Béguinage de Tongeren (Tongres)
Tongeren (Tongres), Limbourg, Flanders, Belgium

855-007 Béguinage de Dendermonde (Termonde)
Dendermonde (Termonde), Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

855-008 Petit Béguinage de Gent (Gand)
Gent (Gand), Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

855-009 Béguinage de Sint-Amandsberg / Gent (Mont-Saint-Amand-lez-Gand)
Sint-Amandsberg / Gent (Mont-Saint-Amand-lez-Gand), Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

855-010 Béguinage de Diest
Diest, Vlaams Bramant, Flanders, Belgium

855-011 Grand Béguinage of Leuven (Louvain)
Leuven (Louvain), Vlaams Bramant, Flanders, Belgium

855-012 Béguinage de Bruges (Brugge)
Bruges (Brugge), West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

855-013 Béguinage de Kortrijk (Courtrail)
Kortrijk (Courtrail), West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

Germany - Classical Weimar

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the small Thuringian town of Weimar witnessed a remarkable cultural flowering, attracting many writers and scholars, notably Goethe and Schiller. This development is reflected in the high quality of many of the buildings and of the parks in the surrounding area.

Date of Inscription: 1998

Belgium - La Grand-Place, Brussels

Did you know that i've met my boyfriend for the very first time at this place?

La Grand-Place in Brussels is a remarkably homogeneous body of public and private buildings, dating mainly from the late 17th century. The architecture provides a vivid illustration of the level of social and cultural life of the period in this important political and commercial centre.

Date of Inscription: 1998
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/857

RAS from Hilarie

BIG Unesco RR #9 from ferro

RAS from Hilarie

Italy - Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula

The Cilento is an outstanding cultural landscape. The dramatic groups of sanctuaries and settlements along its three east–west mountain ridges vividly portray the area's historical evolution: it was a major route not only for trade, but also for cultural and political interaction during the prehistoric and medieval periods. The Cilento was also the boundary between the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia and the indigenous Etruscan and Lucanian peoples. The remains of two major cities from classical times, Paestum and Velia, are found there.

Date of Inscription: 1998
further informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/842

rec'd from schoolbag

Czech Republic - Holašovice Historical Village Reservation

Holašovice is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a traditional central European village. It has a large number of outstanding 18th- and 19th-century vernacular buildings in a style known as 'South Bohemian folk Baroque', and preserves a ground plan dating from the Middle Ages.

Date of Inscription: 1990
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/861

SeptemberRR - rady

Spain - University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares

Founded by Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros in the early 16th century, Alcalá de Henares was the world's first planned university city. It was the original model for the Civitas Dei (City of God), the ideal urban community which Spanish missionaries brought to the Americas. It also served as a model for universities in Europe and elsewhere.

Date of Inscription: 1998
further informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/876

famalubel

Turkey - Archaeological Site of Troy

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.

Date of Inscription: 1998

further informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/849

New missing Unesco tag, received from nihan

Ukraine - L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre

The city of L''viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.

Date of Inscription: 1998

further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/865

MarchRR - 40 - tsenraura

AprilRR - 05 - semochka

AugustRR - bebekka

France - Historic Site of Lyons

The long history of Lyons, which was founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. as the capital of the Three Gauls and has continued to play a major role in Europe's political, cultural and economic development ever since, is vividly illustrated by its urban fabric and the many fine historic buildings from all periods.

Date of Inscription: 1998

Postcard 1: received from Jean-Michel

 

France - Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

I visited Saint-Jean-Pierre-de-Port in Summer 2011 with some friends and my boyfriend.

First we went to the little village in the late evening (around 11 pm) with no tourists, it was amazing calm and beautiful with all the lights and the pensions for the pilgrims. And i had the most delicious cheese plate in the tiny bar called chez louis... mmmm... On the nxt day we visited the village again during the Daytime - omg it was so different with all those tourists! Luckily we are nightowls ;)

Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through France, and the group of important historical monuments included in this inscription marks out the four routes by which they did so. 


Date of Inscription: 1998


Postcard 1: official Postcrossing card ES-119107

 

Postcard 2: 868-045 - basilique Saint-Sernin // private swap with asa (nancy) 

Netherlands - Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)

The Wouda Pumping Station at Lemmer in the province of Friesland opened in 1920. It is the largest steam-pumping station ever built and is still in operation. It represents the high point of the contribution made by Netherlands engineers and architects in protecting their people and land against the natural forces of water.

Date of Inscription: 1998

Postcard 1: MarchRR - 30 - Annerie

Russia - Golden Mountains of Altai

The Altai mountains in southern Siberia form the major mountain range in the western Siberia biogeographic region and provide the source of its greatest rivers – the Ob and the Irtysh. Three separate areas are inscribed: Altaisky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Lake Teletskoye; Katunsky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Mount Belukha; and the Ukok Quiet Zone on the Ukok plateau. The total area covers 1,611,457 ha. The region represents the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones in central Siberia, from steppe, forest-steppe, mixed forest, subalpine vegetation to alpine vegetation. The site is also an important habitat for endangered animal species such as the snow leopard.

Date of Inscription: 1998

Postcard 1: Ukok Plateau - Switzerland x World Tag - received from Inika 

 

Postcard 2: JanuaryRR - 21 - Ola 

 

Postcard 3: official Postcrossing card: RU-484432 

Postcard 4: Meet up RR 69 - Novosibirsk Meeting sent from kelpie

 

Japan - Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city's historic monuments – Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace – provide a vivid picture of life in the Japanese capital in the 8th century, a period of profound political and cultural change.

Date of Inscription: 1998

1. Tōdai-ji, 
2. Kōfuku-ji, 
3. Kasuga Taisha, 
4. Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, 
5. Tōshōdai-ji, 
6. Heijō Palace, 
7. Kasugayama Primeval Forest

Postcard 1: Tōdai-ji,

Postcard 2: Kōfuku-ji,

Postcard 3: Kasuga Taisha,