tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34598110332721326562024-03-05T12:13:32.246-08:00UNESCO PostcardsThis blog shows my UNESCO World Heritage Site Postcards Collection and the progress of the project. You are most welcome to offer a swap if you have a site which is still missing from my collection.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1007125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-1058535208624779482017-03-23T13:34:00.000-07:002017-03-23T13:34:03.106-07:00Sri Lanka - Golden Temple of Dambulla<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist mural paintings (covering an area of 2,100 m2) are of particular importance, as are the 157 statues.” </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage<br />
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<b>Dambullah Cave Temple</b> is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in <b>Sri Lanka</b>. The rock towers 160 m over the surrounding plains.There are more than 80 documented caves in the surrounding area. Major attractions are spread over five caves, which contain statues and paintings. These paintings and statues are related to <b>Gautama Buddha </b>and his life. There are a total of 153 Buddha statues, three statues of <b>Sri Lankan kings </b>and four statues of <b>gods </b>and <b>goddesses</b>. The latter include <b>Vishnu </b>and the <b>Ganesha</b>. The murals cover an area of 2,100 square metres (23,000 sq ft). Depictions on the walls of the caves include the temptation by the demon Mara, and Buddha's first sermon.<br />
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<b>Prehistoric Sri Lankans </b>would have lived in these cave complexes before the arrival of <b>Buddhism </b>in <b>Sri Lanka </b>as there are burial sites with human skeletons about 2700 years old in this area, at <b>Ibbankatuwa </b>near the <b>Dambulla cave complexes</b>.<br />
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Three beautiful stamps used for postage are as below:-<br />
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<li>Right most stamp - issued in 2016 at the eve of "<b>World and Sri Lanka Cub Scouts Centenary 1916-2016</b>". </li>
<li>Center Stamp - a part of a <b><a href="https://www.freestampcatalogue.com/scep31422-solar-system-10v-m-s" target="_blank">set of 10 stamps</a></b> issued on <b>Solar System</b> in 2014 and shows the <b>Sun</b>. </li>
<li>Left most stamp - The <b>Greater Flamingos</b> stamp on the left side is a part of <a href="https://www.freestampcatalogue.com/scep31601-wetlands-4v" target="_blank"><b>4-stamp set </b></a>issued by <b>Sri Lanka </b>on <b>World Wetland Day </b>and the birds are shown in <b>Chundikulam National Park</b>.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-63323012475073392992015-04-28T00:40:00.000-07:002015-04-28T00:40:00.170-07:00Tanzania - Ngorongoro Conservation Area<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"A large permanent concentration of wild animals can be found in the huge and perfect crater of Ngorongoro. Nearby, the crater of Empakaai, filled by a deep lake, and the active volcano of Oldonyo Lenga can be seen. Excavations carried out in the Olduvai Gorge, not far from there, have resulted in the discovery of one of our more distant ancestors, Homo habilis. Laitoli Site, which also lies within the area, is one of the main localities of early hominid footprints, dating back 3.6 million years." </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/39" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage</a></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><u>Postcard # 1</u></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b>Ngorongoro Conservation Area </b>is based on the largest crater (Inactive one). It is unique for the perfect combination of the crater, exclusive landscapes, diverse species of animals and plants, and the presence of <b>Masai tribes </b>in the area.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">It is also called <b>"8th Wonder of the World" </b>or <b>"Cradle of Mankind"</b> as printed on the postcard as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Both the stamps used on the card are from the <b><a href="http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps?search%5Blike%5D=TZ070.09" target="_blank">"Wild Life of Tanzania"</a></b> Series issued on 31 Aug 2009. The complete series had 18 stamps in it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The two stamps pasted on the cover show a <b>Pensive Water Buck</b> (1000 Tanzanian Shillings TZS) and <b>Grant's Red Colobus Monkeys </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">(600 Tanzanian Shillings TZS)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-9136941002792734542015-04-25T23:07:00.000-07:002015-04-25T23:07:00.259-07:00Tanzania - Kilimanjaro National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"At 5,895 m, Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa. This volcanic massif stands in splendid isolation above the surrounding plains, with its snowy peak looming over the savannah. The mountain is encircled by mountain forest. Numerous mammals, many of them endangered species, live in the park." </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/403" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage</a></b><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><u>Postcard # 1</u></b><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><a href="http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/kili.html" target="_blank">Mount Kilimajaro National Park</a></b> is one of the seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites in United Republic of Tanzania. It is also the highest mountain in the African continent with a height of 5,895 ms above sea level. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;">Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the largest volcanoes in the world. Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira are its three volcanic peaks. With its snow-capped peak and glaciers, it is the highest mountain in Africa. The mountain has five main vegetation zones from the lowest to the highest point: Lower slopes, montane forest, heath and moorland, alpine desert and summit. The whole mountain including the montane forest belt is very rich in species, in particular mammals, many of them endangered species. For this combination of features but mostly its height, its physical form and snow cap and its isolation above the surrounding plains, Mount Kilimanjaro is considered an outstanding example of a superlative natural phenomenon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The stamps used on the postcard were as follows:-</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The right-most stamp shows a beautiful <b>Pensive Water Buck</b> from the series: <b>Wild Animals of Tanzania</b>. It is one stamp from <b><a href="http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps?search%5Blike%5D=TZ070.09" target="_blank">a set of 18 Wild Animals stamps </a></b>issued on 31 August 2009.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The stamp in the centre shows a cute bird named <b><a href="https://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=19&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CIEBEJoTKAAwEg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGurney%27s_pitta&ei=kBs7VbXmKJOyuASO2oDADg&usg=AFQjCNHYRLCxW66G4QeoEGGEsUYCUqWO5g&sig2=qKePZfpCKpVKMrszY5osRw&bvm=bv.91665533,d.c2E" target="_blank">Gurney's Pitta</a></b>.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The left-most stamp shows a flower and insect. The names of both as mentioned on the stamp are <b><a href="https://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=19&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CIYBEJoTKAAwEg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLilium_auratum&ei=mRs7VaCqG8SJuwTz2oGoAQ&usg=AFQjCNH3e_B_L0R1c4uRIAn3xE3hINa5JA&sig2=wIhApKfHV5kRs_q4X1WE4Q&bvm=bv.91665533,d.c2E" target="_blank">Golden Ray Lily</a> (Lilium Auratum) </b>and <b><a href="https://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=18&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CHEQmhMoADAR&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTragocephala_variegata&ei=ohs7Vd2fAdaPuASK14HoCA&usg=AFQjCNFWxd5dKSzVF8BVifjnIjVwoYVS6Q&sig2=JTECC2lQdc46iMzf3K5UbQ&bvm=bv.91665533,d.c2E" target="_blank">South African Longhorn Beetle</a> (Tragocephala Variegata)</b>.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Thanks a lot Yue for such a lovely addition in my UNESCO collection.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-53752798570363185302015-04-24T12:22:00.000-07:002015-04-24T12:22:32.839-07:00Azerbaijan - Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Built on a site inhabited since the Palaeolithic period, the Walled City of Baku reveals evidence of Zoroastrian, Sasanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani, Ottoman, and Russian presence in cultural continuity. The Inner City (Icheri Sheher) has preserved much of its 12th-century defensive walls. The 12th-century Maiden Tower (Giz Galasy) is built over earlier structures dating from the 7th to 6th centuries BC, and the 15th-century Shirvanshahs' Palace is one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture." </i></b><br />
Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/958" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage</a></b><br />
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<b><u>Postcard # 1</u></b><br />
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A lovely postcard from Azerbaijan's capital city Baku showing an ensemble of <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Shirvanshahs" target="_blank">Shirvanshah's Palace</a></b>.<br />
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Beautiful stamps were pasted at the back of the postcard.<br />
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<li>The two stamps on the left side featuring cats were issued in 2014 as a part of <b><a href="http://www.postbeeld.com/en/stamps/view/say31408-definitives-cats-5v/" target="_blank">a set of 5 definitive stamps showing cats</a></b>.</li>
<li>The stamp on the right side features a photo of an Azarbaijani poet <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammad_Araz" target="_blank">Mammad Araz</a></b> (1933-2004). <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Some of Araz's famous works include:-</span></li>
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<li><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">If There Were No War</i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The World is Yours, The World is Mine</i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The Sound Written on the Rocks</i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Father of Three Sons</i></li>
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<li><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><i>One of his famous poem goes like this:-</i></span></span></li>
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<b style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.2800006866455px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>If There Were No War (1956)</u></span></b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul></ul>
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<i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.2800006866455px;">If there were no war,</span></i><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul></ul>
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<i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.2800006866455px;">We could construct a bridge between Earth and Mars</span></i><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul></ul>
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<i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.2800006866455px;">Melting weapons in an open-hearth furnace.</span></i><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul></ul>
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<i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.2800006866455px;">If there were no war,</span></i><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul></ul>
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<i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.2800006866455px;">The harvest of a thousand years could grow in one day.</span></i><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul></ul>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.2800006866455px;"><i>Scientists could bring the moon and stars to Earth.</i></span><br /><br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-649458178017270472015-04-23T12:17:00.000-07:002015-04-23T12:17:06.246-07:00Vietnam - Hoi An Ancient Town<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site." </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/948" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage </a></b><br />
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<b><u>Postcard # 1</u></b><br />
Here's my first postcard from <b>Hoi An Ancient Town</b>. It has beautiful buildings, shrines and beach. The back of the postcard reads,<br />
<b><i>"The historic town of Hoi An breathes a charm quite unlike other places in Vietnam. The late afternoon sunlight plays with shadows on an old Chinese house".</i></b><br />
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The postcard was sent to me by Andrew and Elizabeth from <b>Vietnam</b>.<br />
The stamp used on the postcard is part of a <b><a href="http://www.postbeeld.com/en/stamps/view/svu31201-definitives-landscapes-6v/" target="_blank">set of 6 Definitive stamps showing landscapes</a></b>. The stamp also shows a scene from <b>Hoi An Ancient Town</b>. The postcard is marked from a post office in <b>Saigon</b>!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-75244073730522210562015-04-21T12:11:00.000-07:002015-04-21T12:13:37.722-07:00Ethiopia - Simien National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Massive erosion over the years on the Ethiopian plateau has created one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500 m. The park is home to some extremely rare animals such as the Gelada baboon, the Simien fox and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world." </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/9" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage</a></b><br />
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What a surprise it was!<br />
An official Postcrossing postcard from one of the rarest countries in Africa and that too with a lovely Postcrossing ID. Above all, it was a UNESCO postcard. Kate definitely made my day super bright.<br />
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The <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simien_Mountains_National_Park" target="_blank">Simien National Park</a></b> is one of the <b>UNESCO World Heritage Sites</b> of <b>Ethiopia</b>. The postcard shows a view of <b>Chennek and Imet Gogo</b>.<br />
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Kate also used some very beautiful stamps on the cover.<br />
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<li>The top two stamps showing <b><a href="http://www.scirecordbook.org/menelik-bushbuck/" target="_blank">Menelik's Bushbuck</a></b> (Tragelaphus Scriptus Meneliki) are part of definitive stamps issued in 2000</li>
<li>The stamp at left top shows the photo of a running <b>Ethiopian </b>athlete named <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie" target="_blank">Haile Gebrselassie</a></b>. The stamp is part of a <b><a href="http://www.postbeeld.com/en/stamps/view/seh1695-athletics-4v/" target="_blank">set of 4 stamps issued in 2000</a></b>.</li>
<li>The bottom stamp shows a "critically endangered" Black Rhinocerous (Diceros Bicornis) species. The stamp is part of a set of <b><a href="http://www.postbeeld.com/en/stamps/view/seh1818-definitives-rhino-10v/" target="_blank">10 definitive Black Rhino stamps issued in 2005</a></b>, all showing the same photo of the rhino with different back ground colours.</li>
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Thanks a lot Kate for this lovely postcard!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-74363650230680939392015-04-17T12:06:00.000-07:002015-04-23T12:25:20.466-07:00DR Congo - Salonga National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile" </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/280" target="_blank">World Heritage Site List</a></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-42752217513501522222015-04-16T12:47:00.000-07:002015-04-23T12:22:50.816-07:00DR Congo - Virunga National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Virunga National Park (covering an area of 790,000 ha) comprises an outstanding diversity of habitats, ranging from swamps and steppes to the snowfields of Rwenzori at an altitude of over 5,000 m, and from lava plains to the savannahs on the slopes of volcanoes. Mountain gorillas are found in the park, some 20,000 hippopotamuses live in the rivers and birds from Siberia spend the winter there." </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/63" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage</a></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-29770733676122045272015-04-16T12:46:00.000-07:002015-04-23T12:24:20.832-07:00DR Congo - Garamba National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The park's immense savannahs, grasslands and woodlands, interspersed with gallery forests along the river banks and the swampy depressions, are home to four large mammals: the elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus and above all the white rhinoceros. Though much larger than the black rhino, it is harmless; only some 30 individuals remain." </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/136" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage</a></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-28243251653448475022015-04-15T01:00:00.000-07:002015-04-23T12:24:50.979-07:00DR Congo - Kahuzi-Biega National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"A vast area of primary tropical forest dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundant fauna. One of the last groups of eastern lowland (graueri) gorillas (consisting of only some 250 individuals) lives at between 2,100 and 2,400 m above sea-level." </i></b><br />
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Source: <b><a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/137" target="_blank">UNESCO World Heritage</a></b><br />
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Here's an original postcard from <b>Kahuzi-Biega National Park</b>. It was bought directly from <b>Kahuzi-Biega National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo</b>.<br />
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(The postcard is 4" x 6" in size!)<br />
I did buy some extra postcards for friends but due to high cost of postcards I may be able to sell only and not be able to swap them with ordinary postcards. If interested, please leave a message below. I also bought some more postcards showing the 3 other <b>UNESCO</b> sites from <b>DR Congo </b>named <b><a href="http://unesco-postcards.blogspot.com/2015/04/dr-congo-garamba-national-park.html" target="_blank">Garamba National Park</a>, <a href="http://unesco-postcards.blogspot.com/2015/04/dr-congo-salonga-national-park.html" target="_blank">Salonga National Park</a> </b>and <b><a href="http://unesco-postcards.blogspot.com/2015/04/dr-congo-virunga-national-park.html" target="_blank">Virunga National Park</a></b>.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-18560269052575689742014-09-04T11:31:00.003-07:002014-09-04T11:31:18.136-07:00Italy - Historic Centre of Florence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-87634341005776827762014-09-04T11:31:00.000-07:002014-09-04T11:31:07.985-07:00Italy - Piazza del Duomo, Pisa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four masterpieces of medieval architecture – the cathedral, the baptistry, the campanile (the 'Leaning Tower') and the cemetery – had a great influence on monumental art in Italy from the 11th to the 14th century." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage<br />
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Pisa is world famous for the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Other buildings are the Baptistry and Church of Piazza Dei Miracoli.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-86063861126144373782014-09-04T11:30:00.004-07:002014-09-04T11:30:07.175-07:00Italy - Historic Centre of Siena<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. During this period the work of Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers and Simone Martini was to influence the course of Italian and, more broadly, European art. The whole city of Siena, built around the Piazza del Campo, was devised as a work of art that blends into the surrounding landscape." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-65770484317587340812014-09-04T11:30:00.001-07:002014-09-04T11:30:02.719-07:00Italy - City of Verona<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The historic city of Verona was founded in the 1st century B.C. It particularly flourished under the rule of the Scaliger family in the 13th and 14th centuries and as part of the Republic of Venice from the 15th to 18th centuries. Verona has preserved a remarkable number of monuments from antiquity, the medieval and Renaissance periods, and represents an outstanding example of a military stronghold." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-49787561494894683312014-09-04T11:30:00.000-07:002014-09-04T11:30:00.833-07:00Italy - Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding landscape, overcoming the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulate the continuous history of human settlement in this region over the past millennium." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-51595220954159963492014-09-04T11:28:00.000-07:002014-09-04T11:28:12.431-07:00Italy - Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The world's first botanical garden was created in Padua in 1545. It still preserves its original layout – a circular central plot, symbolizing the world, surrounded by a ring of water. Other elements were added later, some architectural (ornamental entrances and balustrades) and some practical (pumping installations and greenhouses). It continues to serve its original purpose as a centre for scientific research." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-5214708507624902262014-09-04T11:27:00.009-07:002014-09-04T11:27:53.447-07:00Italy - City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Founded in the 2nd century B.C. in northern Italy, Vicenza prospered under Venetian rule from the early 15th to the end of the 18th century. The work of Andrea Palladio (1508–80), based on a detailed study of classical Roman architecture, gives the city its unique appearance. Palladio's urban buildings, as well as his villas, scattered throughout the Veneto region, had a decisive influence on the development of architecture. His work inspired a distinct architectural style known as Palladian, which spread to England and other European countries, and also to North America." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-67487432005069415402014-09-04T11:27:00.004-07:002014-09-04T11:27:13.186-07:00Italy - Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Aquileia (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the Early Roman Empire, was destroyed by Attila in the mid-5th century. Most of it still lies unexcavated beneath the fields, and as such it constitutes the greatest archaeological reserve of its kind. The patriarchal basilica, an outstanding building with an exceptional mosaic pavement, played a key role in the evangelization of a large region of central Europe." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-54578679270050007742014-09-04T11:27:00.003-07:002014-09-04T11:27:04.974-07:00Italy - Costiera Amalfitana<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The Amalfi coast is an area of great physical beauty and natural diversity. It has been intensively settled by human communities since the early Middle Ages. There are a number of towns such as Amalfi and Ravello with architectural and artistic works of great significance. The rural areas show the versatility of the inhabitants in adapting their use of the land to the diverse nature of the terrain, which ranges from terraced vineyards and orchards on the lower slopes to wide upland pastures." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-2028077219020174212014-09-04T11:26:00.004-07:002014-09-04T11:26:23.947-07:00Italy - Villa Adriana (Tivoli)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The Villa Adriana (at Tivoli, near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century A.D. by the Roman emperor Hadrian. It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt, Greece and Rome in the form of an 'ideal city'." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-2289776236554338912014-09-04T11:26:00.003-07:002014-09-04T11:26:20.308-07:00Italy - Historic Centre of San Gimignano<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"San Gimignano delle belle Torri is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on the Via Francigena. The patrician families who controlled the town built around 72 tower-houses (some as high as 50 m) as symbols of their wealth and power. Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano has retained its feudal atmosphere and appearance. The town also has several masterpieces of 14th- and 15th-century Italian art." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-49556577672771949152014-09-04T11:25:00.005-07:002014-09-04T11:25:39.092-07:00Italy - Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The Aeolian Islands provide an outstanding record of volcanic island-building and destruction, and ongoing volcanic phenomena. Studied since at least the 18th century, the islands have provided the science of vulcanology with examples of two types of eruption (Vulcanian and Strombolian) and thus have featured prominently in the education of geologists for more than 200 years. The site continues to enrich the field of vulcanology." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-82331552066365250482014-09-04T11:25:00.004-07:002014-09-04T11:25:30.208-07:00Italy - Villa Romana del Casale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Roman exploitation of the countryside is symbolized by the Villa Romana del Casale (in Sicily), the centre of the large estate upon which the rural economy of the Western Empire was based. The villa is one of the most luxurious of its kind. It is especially noteworthy for the richness and quality of the mosaics which decorate almost every room; they are the finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-28402939161173204422014-09-04T11:24:00.005-07:002014-09-04T11:24:55.505-07:00Italy - Archaeological Area of Agrigento<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"Founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., Agrigento became one of the leading cities in the Mediterranean world. Its supremacy and pride are demonstrated by the remains of the magnificent Doric temples that dominate the ancient town, much of which still lies intact under today's fields and orchards. Selected excavated areas throw light on the later Hellenistic and Roman town and the burial practices of its early Christian inhabitants." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459811033272132656.post-91146888590374820552014-09-04T11:24:00.002-07:002014-09-04T11:24:21.912-07:00Italy - Historic Centre of Urbino<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>"The small hill town of Urbino, in the Marche, experienced a great cultural flowering in the 15th century, attracting artists and scholars from all over Italy and beyond, and influencing cultural developments elsewhere in Europe. Owing to its economic and cultural stagnation from the 16th century onwards, it has preserved its Renaissance appearance to a remarkable extent." </i></b><br />
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Source: UNESCO World Heritage</div>
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