This was the last Australian site that I received
Wollumbin Mount Warning |
This was the last Australian site that I received
Wollumbin Mount Warning |
This was one of the last Australian sites to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape |
Vlkolínec |
My cousin Isabel was this year in Cabo Verde and she brought me these postcards! She wasn't on this island but she found the UNESCO site I was missing!
Cidade Velha |
São Filipe Fortress |
Dholavira is one of the five largest Harappan sites
Dholavira |
Van Nellefabriek |
Hollyhock House |
Lut Desert is it one of the world's driest and hottest places.
Lut Desert |
On 2003 Bam was struck by a major earthquake that killed about 26,200 people and destroyed 70% of the buildings
Bam |
The Bazaar of Tabriz is one of the oldest bazaars in the Middle East and the largest covered bazaar in the world
Bazaar of Tabriz |
The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System is a complex irrigation system that consists of 13 dams, bridges, canals and structures which work together as a hydraulic system.
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System |
This ziggurat is considered to be the best preserved example of the stepped pyramidal monument by UNESCO
Tchonga Zanbil |
The old city of Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world
Ancient City of Damascus |
This sites encompasses four settlements, three in the Netherlands and one in Belgium
Wortel |
Wortel is a village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten. As of 2007, it has 1,844 inhabitants as of 2021.
The toponym means carrot or root in Dutch. Wortel was established in the early 19th century by the Society of Benevolence as a farming colony for the able-bodied working poor. It was meant to provide employment during a time when poverty rates were very high in the Low Countries. Along with the other colonies constructed by the Society of Benevolence, Wortel was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021 as an excellent example of a unique method of housing reform and urban planning. - in: wikipedia
Dutch Colonies of Benevolence |
Wilhelminaroord |
Wilhelminaoord is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Westerveld, and lies about 26 km northwest of Hoogeveen.
Wilhelminaoord was one of the farming colonies established by the Society of Benevolence in the early 19th century to decrease poverty by providing sustainable employment for able-bodied poor people. Along with the other colonies constructed by the Society, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021 because of its testimony to a unique method of housing reform and its urban planning. - in: wikipedia
Veenhuizen |
The royal palaces of Abomey are a unique reminder of the vanished kingdom of Dahomey
Royal Palaces of Abomey |
These hills were formed over 2 billion years ago
Matobo Hills |
Virunga National Park was one of the first protected areas in Africa
Virunga National Park |
Lake Turkana National Parks is a group of three national parks located around Lake Turkana in Kenya.
Lake Turkana National Parks |
This is one of the sites recently inscribed and it's a recently received postcard
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt |
I've only been to the Madrid aeroport but one of these days maybe I'll just take a train and go see the city
Retiro Pond |
Palacio de Cristal |
Prado Museum |
The Naked Maja or The Nude Maja (Spanish: La maja desnuda) is an oil on canvas painting made around 1797–1800 by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. It portrays a nude woman reclining on a bed of pillows, and was probably commissioned by Manuel de Godoy, to hang in his private collection in a separate cabinet reserved for nude paintings. Goya created a pendant of the same woman identically posed, but clothed, known today as La maja vestida (The Clothed Maja), also in the Prado, and usually hung next to La maja desnuda. The subject is identified as a maja or fashionable lower-class Madrid woman, based on her costume in La maja vestida.
The painting is renowned for the straightforward and unashamed gaze of the model towards the viewer. It has also been cited as among the earliest Western artwork to depict a nude woman's pubic hair without obvious negative connotations (such as in images of prostitutes). With this work Goya not only upset the ecclesiastical authorities, but also titillated the public and extended the artistic horizon of the day. It has been in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1901. - in: wikipedia