Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, Poland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/847

This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was substantially enlarged and embellished after 1309, when the seat of the Grand Master moved here from Venice. A particularly fine example of a medieval brick castle, it later fell into decay, but was meticulously restored in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the conservation techniques now accepted as standard were evolved here. Following severe damage in the Second World War it was once again restored, using the detailed documentation prepared by earlier conservators.

Sender: bodexs, Sent on: 23 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 8 days

Old City of Zamość, Poland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/564

Zamosc was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea. Modelled on Italian theories of the 'ideal city' and built by the architect Bernando Morando, a native of Padua, Zamosc is a perfect example of a late-16th-century Renaissance town. It has retained its original layout and fortifications and a large number of buildings that combine Italian and central European architectural traditions.

Sender: bodexs, Sent on: 23 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 8 days

Cultural Landscape of Sintra, Portugal (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/723

In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renaissance elements and in the creation of a park blending local and exotic species of trees. Other fine dwellings, built along the same lines in the surrounding serra , created a unique combination of parks and gardens which influenced the development of landscape architecture throughout Europe.

Sender: anaserodio, Sent on: 26 Sep, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 35 days

Historic Centre of Évora, Portugal (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/361

This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the residence of the Portuguese kings. Its unique quality stems from the whitewashed houses decorated with azulejos and wrought-iron balconies dating from the 16th to the 18th century. Its monuments had a profound influence on Portuguese architecture in Brazil.

Sender: JoaoNogueira, Sent on: 14 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 17 days

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Struve Geodetic Arc (2), Russia (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1187

Sender: Hiyori, Sent on: 15 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 16 days

Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada, Spain (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/314

Rising above the modern lower town, the Alhambra and the Albaycín, situated on two adjacent hills, form the medieval part of Granada. To the east of the Alhambra fortress and residence are the magnificent gardens of the Generalife, the former rural residence of the emirs who ruled this part of Spain in the 13th and 14th centuries. The residential district of the Albaycín is a rich repository of Moorish vernacular architecture, into which the traditional Andalusian architecture blends harmoniously.

Sender: manrico, Sent on: 15 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 16 days

Historic Centre of Cordoba, Spain (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/313

Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral and new defensive structures, particularly the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and the Torre Fortaleza de la Calahorra, were erected.

Sender: manrico, Sent on: 15 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 16 days