BELARUS

NESVIZH (MINSK Region) - Nesvizh Castle (WHS Unesco)

The Radziwills family built Nesvizh Castle in the 16th century, where they lived until 1939. The foundation stone for Nesvizh Palace was laid in 1584. It was rebuilt many times, and as a consequence, it has characteristics of many architectural styles. In 2006 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Belarus postage stamp

Europa (C.E.P.T.) 2007 - National music Instruments

Thank you NATALLIA

SERBIA

RASKA (District) -  Studenica Monastery (WHS Unesco)

The Studenica Monastery, located in the Raška district of central Serbia, is the largest and richest of the Serbian Orthodox monasteries. It was founded near the Studenica River in the late 12th century by Stefan Nemanja, also known as Saint Simeon, who established the medieval Serbian state. His remains, as well as those of his wife Anastasia and the first Serbian king, Stephen the First Crowned, rest in this monastery.

It is a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO since 1986.

Postage stamp of Serbia

Europa (C.E.P.T.) 2007 - Scouting

Europa (C.E.P.T.) 2013 - Postal vehicles

Thank you VLADIMIR

GERMANY

UPPER HARZ (Region) - Upper Harz Water Shelves (WHS Unesco)

The Upper Harz Water Regale is a system of dams, reservoirs, ditches, and other structures, many of which were built between the 16th and 19th centuries to divert and store the water that powered the waterwheels of the mines in the Upper Harz region. from Germany. On July 31, 2010, the Regale was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site affiliated with the Rammelsberg Mines and the Historic Town of Goslar

Postage stamp of Germany (2020)

German Legends - "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"

Thank you MARCEL

JAPAN

HIRAIZUMI (Iwate Prefecture) - Chuson-ji temple (WHS Unesco)

Chūson-Ji is the main temple of the tendai Buddhist branch in Tohoku (Northeast of Japan). It is believed that Chūson-Ji was founded by Fujiwara no Kiyohira (of the Fujiwara clan) in the year 1100.

In June 2011, Chūson-Ji was included by UNESCO as a World Heritage as part of the "Hiraizumi historical monuments and sites."

Thank you HINATA

INDIA

AJANTA & ELLORA (Federated State of Maharashtra) - Caves (WHS Unesco)

Left: The Padmapani, the Bearer of the Lotus (Cave 1, Ajanta)

Top Right: Kailash Temple (Cave 16, Ellora)

Bottom right: The Indra Sabha in Jain Temple, (Ellora)

Thank you TISHANT

PORTUGAL

LISBON - Belem Tower (WHS Unesco)

The Torre de Belém, in the Manueline style, was built between 1515 and 1519 and is the work of Francisco de Arruda. The tower is located at the mouth of the Tagus River and was initially used to defend the city, and later became a customs center and lighthouse. In 1983, it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Thank you TIAGO

SWITZERLAND

BERN - Capital of the country (WHS Unesco)

Bern is the federal city and de facto capital of Switzerland. It is also the capital of the homonymous canton. The old city of Bern has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1983, thanks to its medieval architecture preserved through the centuries.

Thank you GRACE

BELGIUM

ANTWERP - The House Guiette (WHS Unesco)

Also known as Les Peupliers, the Maison Guiette was designed by Le Corbusier in 1926 and built in 1927. It is an early example of the International Style and one of the lesser-known works of the architect as it was his first commission abroad and the beginning of its international recognition.

Belgium stamps Europe theme (years 2006, 2004 and 2000)

Thank you BENEDICTE

SPAIN

ÚBEDA (Jaén) - Multiple views (WHS Unesco)

Vázquez de Molina Square

Vázquez de Molina Palace (today Town Hall)

Funeral Chapel of El Salvador

Úbeda is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Jaén, capital of the region of La Loma, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The city, along with nearby Baeza, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on July 3, 2003, due to the quality and good conservation of its many Renaissance buildings and its unique urban environment.

IRAN

ARG-É-BAM (Kerman Province) - Bam Citadel (WHS Unesco)

Sometime between 579 and 323 B.C. During the Achaemenid Persian period, the citadel of Bam (in Persian Arg-é Bam) was built in the southeast of present-day Iran, a huge fortress made of mud that is considered the largest building in the world made of adobe. It is located next to the city of the same name in the province of Kerman and near the border with Pakistan.

Postage stamp of Iran (year 2022)

Tabi`at Bridge (Bridge of Nature), Tehran

Thank you EHSAN

FRANCE

MOUNT-LOUIS (Eastern pyrenees) - Vauban Fortifications (WHS Unesco)

Mont-Louis is a French town and commune, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region, inscribed within the Vauban Fortifications set as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 2008.

Thank you JORDI ((sent from Spain)

ANDORRA

ANDORRA - Madriu-Perafita-Claror valley (WHS Unesco)

The Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the category of cultural landscape in 2004, is located in the southeast of the Principality of Andorra.

it extends through the parishes of Andorra la Vella, Escaldes-Engordany, Encamp and Sant Julià de Lòria.

Thank you JORDI

ITALY

SIRACUSA (Sicilia) - The harbour and Castle of Ortigia (WHS Unesco)

Syracuse is an Italian city located in the east of Sicily, on the coast. It was founded by the Greeks in the year 734 B.C. in what is now known as the island of Ortigia, and was consecrated to the goddess Artemis. It soon became the most important Greek city on the island and a leading cultural center of Ancient Greece.

Since 2005, Syracuse and the rocky Necropolis of Pantálica have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Postage stamp of Italy (year 2020) - EUROPE theme

Thank you SUSANNA

SPAIN

 VALLADOLID - 

Tierra de Campos - Dovecote

Medina del Campo - La Mota Castle

Peñafiel - Castle and Square

Ureña - Hermitage of Our Lady of the Announced

Tordesillas - (Panoramic)

Thank you PURI

JAPAN

KAMIKOUCHI - Kappa bridge

The Kappa Bridge is a symbol of Kamikochi. Although it is a man-made object, its appearance blends with nature and has become an indispensable presence in Kamikochi. From the top of the bridge, you can see the majestic Hotaka and Dakezawa mountain range, the cool and clear flow of the Azusa River, the poppy willows and larch trees swaying in the sunlight, and if you look back, you can see Mt. .

Thank you SAWAKO

SPAIN

ESTELLA (Navarra) - Ega River and prison bridge

Estella (in Basque Lizarra) is a Spanish municipality, located in the western middle zone of the Foral Community of Navarra. The Camino de Santiago passes through it in the section between the capital of the Pamplona community, from which it is 44 km away, and Logroño, capital of La Rioja. The town was founded around the year 1090 by Sancho Ramírez, monarch of Pamplona and Aragón.

Thank you MARTA

JAPAN

YOSHINO (Nara Prefecture) - Yoshino Mount (WHS Unesco)

Mount Yoshino is a mountain located in the town of Yoshino in Yoshino District in Nara Prefecture, Japan. In 2004 it became part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the rest of the group called Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes of the Kii Mountains.

Thank you NORIKO

SLOVENIA

VRSIC -  Julians Alps

Vršič is, with its 1611 meters, the highest mountain pass in Slovenia, joining the valleys of the Sava and Soča (Isonzo in Italian) rivers. It is located in the Triglav National Park in the Julian Alps.

Postage stamp of France (year 2023) dedicated to

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), President of South Africa

Thank you BOB

JAPAN

OSAKA - Night view city

Thank you NORIKO

KAZAKHSTAN

TURKESTAN - Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (WHS Unesco)

The Khoja Ahmad Yasavi Mausoleum is an unfinished, mausoleum in the city of Turkestan or Hazrat-i Turkestan, in the South Kazakhstan province of southern Kazakhstan. In 2008, it was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco, being the first Kazakh world heritage

Thank you TANYA

PHILIPPINES

MANILA - San Agustin church intramuros (WHS Unesco)

The Church of San Agustín is a Catholic church located within the historic walls of the city of Manila, in the area called Intramuros. Completed in 1607, it is the oldest extant church in the Philippines. No other building older than the church has survived. In 1976 the Philippine government declared it a Historic Monument. In 1993 the church was included along with three others built during the Spanish colonial period in the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

Thank you ISABELLA

USA

ARIZONA -

Thank you HOLGER (sent from Germany)

POLAND

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU - Concentration Camp (WHS Unesco)

Located in Oświęcim about 43 km west of Krakow, it was the largest extermination center of Nazism. The Auschwitz complex was made up of various concentration and extermination camps of Nazi Germany in the Polish territories occupied during World War II. It included Auschwitz I (original camp), Auschwitz II-Birkenau (concentration and extermination camp), Auschwitz III-Monowitz (IG Farben labor camp) and 45 more satellite camps.

Postage stamp Poland (year 2021) dedicated to 

Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz (1911-1943), Resistance Leader 

Thank you ANASTASIIA

UNITED KINGDOM

CARDIFF BAY - Lightship 2000 "Goleulong 2000"

Lightship 2000 (Welsh: Goleulong 2000) was a restored old red light vessel with a cafe and chapel on board situated in Cardiff Bay. The ship was launched in 1953 and from that year until 1989 she was a light vessel in operation at various locations in the UK, ending her life off Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula to warn of the Helwick Swatch, a treacherous shoal. She was bought in 1993 and refurbished as a floating Christian center.

The ship closed in 2013 and in May 2015 she left Cardiff. It was planned to restore the ship and make it a floating museum in Newnham on Severn.

Thank you TRACY

UNITED KINGDOM

BERKSHIRE COUNTY - Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is a royal palace and residence located in Windsor, in the county of Berkshire, United Kingdom, notable for its long standing relationship with the British royal family and for embodying nearly a millennium of architectural history. The original castle was built in the 11th century, following the Norman conquest of England by William I the Conqueror.

Thank you RHIANNON