Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/860

Kroměříž stands on the site of an earlier ford across the River Morava, at the foot of the Chriby mountain range which dominates the central part of Moravia. The gardens and castle of Kroměříž are an exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a European Baroque princely residence and its gardens.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 14 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 10 days

Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/695

Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe. It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century. Porches and side chapels were added up to the end of the 19th century. Thus it provides a clear overview of the development of European religious architecture.

Sender: RM1010, Sent on: 22 Feb, 2014, Received on: 27 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 5 days

Verla Groundwood and Board Mill, Finland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/751

The Verla groundwood and board mill and its associated residential area is an outstanding, remarkably well-preserved example of the small-scale rural industrial settlements associated with pulp, paper and board production that flourished in northern Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Only a handful of such settlements survive to the present day.

Sender: soinisi1, Sent on: 20 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 4 days

Mont-Blanc, France (UNESCO TENTATIVE)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1431/

Mont Blanc, nicknamed "roof of Europe" as the culmination of the old continent (4807 meters), is the most famous part of an entire massif, Alps, exceptional collection of high mountain shared between three countries : France, Switzerland and Italy. 

The Mont Blanc massif whose summit (4807 m) is the highest in Europe is a collection of glaciers and mountain quite exceptional both the natural and cultural views insofar as it was at the behind the development of mountain sports including mountaineering. This unique landscape by the nobility of its vertices and the power of glaciers is indeed a high mythical places of mountaineering as well as Everest and Annapurna. It should be separated from all Vanoise - Grand Paradise which it does not belong and present the list as such.

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known simply as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. The commune's population of around 9,800 ranks 865th within the country of France.

Sender: Eray, Sent on: 15 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 9 days

Classical Weimar, Germany (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/846

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.

The World Heritage site comprises eleven separate buildings or ensembles:

1- Goethe's House and Goethe´s Garden and Garden House 
2- Schiller's House
3- Herder Church, Herder House and Old High School
4- Residence Castle and Ensemble Bastille 
5- Dowager's Palace (Wittumspalais)
6- Duchess Anna Amalia Library 
7- Park on the Ilm with the Roman House
8- Belvedere Castle and Park with Orangery
9- Ettersburg Castle and Park
10- Tiefurt Castle and Park
11- Historic Cemetery with Princes´ Tomb

Postcard 1 : Multiview
1- Residence Castle and Ensemble Bastille (City Palace) 2- Goethe's House


Sender: dandelion_, Sent on: 21 Feb, 2014, Received on: 27 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 6 days

Postcard 2 : Multiview
1- The Main House (Großes Haus) of the Deutsches Nationaltheater 
2- Goethe´s Garden and Garden House 3- Goethe's House 
4- Charlotte von Stein′s House 5- Duchess Anna Amalia Library


Sender: thirau, Sent on: 7 Mar, 2014, Received on: 12 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 5 days

Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg, Germany (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/535

Quedlinburg, in the Land of Sachsen-Anhalt, was a capital of the East Franconian German Empire at the time of the Saxonian-Ottonian ruling dynasty. It has been a prosperous trading town since the Middle Ages. The number and high quality of the timber-framed buildings make Quedlinburg an exceptional example of a medieval European town. The Collegiate Church of St Servatius is one of the masterpieces of Romanesque architecture.

Sender: Nordfriesland, Sent on: 15 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 9 days

Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin, Germany (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/896

The museum as a social phenomenon owes its origins to the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century. The five museums on the Museumsinsel in Berlin, built between 1824 and 1930, are the realization of a visionary project and show the evolution of approaches to museum design over the course of the 20th century. Each museum was designed so as to establish an organic connection with the art it houses. The importance of the museum's collections – which trace the development of civilizations throughout the ages – is enhanced by the urban and architectural quality of the buildings.

Sender: Daniela77, Sent on: 19 Feb, 2014, Received on: 27 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 8 days