Postcards. Recent UNESCO arrivals
- seagullyna
- 6 hours ago
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Recently I started paying closer attention to postcards depicting UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in fact, moving further, I hope to extend my UNESCO collection. I will also try to sort out my existing collection to understand what I already have but my estimation is that I have around 150 sites (out of 1248), so there is still a lot to collect.
Here are the most recent additions to my UNESCO collection.
Czechia
Krupka Mining Landscape - Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
Sent from Czechia on 19 Dec 2025
The Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, located along the border of Germany and the Czech Republic, is a historic landscape shaped by over 800 years of continuous mining. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because its exceptionally well-preserved mines, mining towns, and water management systems demonstrate the global development of mining technology and the cultural traditions of the mining communities.
Germany
The Chinese House in Park Sanssouci in Potsdam - Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Sent from Germany on 19 Dec 2025
The Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin are a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring grand palaces, landscaped gardens, and architectural ensembles created by the Prussian kings. The site is recognized for its outstanding example of royal architecture and landscape design, reflecting major artistic trends in Europe and the political power of Prussia.
Großiedlung Britz (Hufeisensiedlung) - Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Sent from Germany on 22 Dec 2025
The Berlin Modernism Housing Estates are a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of innovative residential complexes built in the early 20th century. They are recognized for their pioneering use of modern architecture, urban planning, and social housing principles that influenced housing design worldwide.
Italy
Teatro Olimpico in Sabbioneta
Sent from Italy on 30 Dec 2025
Sabbioneta is a small historic town in northern Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site designed in the 16th century as an ideal Renaissance city. It is recognized for its well-preserved urban layout, fortifications, and architecture that reflect Renaissance ideas about city planning and humanist principles.
Japan
Sent from Japan on on 13 Dec 2025
Himeji-jō is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Japan and one of the country’s best-preserved feudal castles. It is recognized for its outstanding wooden architecture, advanced defensive design, and its exceptional preservation as a masterpiece of traditional Japanese castle construction.
Montenegro
Sent from Montenegro on 4 Nov 2025
Kotor is a historic coastal town in Montenegro and a UNESCO World Heritage Site set within a dramatic natural bay. It is recognized for its well-preserved medieval architecture, fortifications, and urban layout that reflect the cultural influence of Venetian rule and the harmonious interaction between human settlement and the natural landscape.
New Zealand
Mt Aoraki - Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
Sent from New Zealand on 2 Dec 2025
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its vast wilderness, glaciers, fjords, and alpine landscapes, including Aoraki / Mount Cook. It is recognized for its outstanding natural beauty and for preserving geological and ecological processes that illustrate the evolution of New Zealand’s unique natural environment.
Philippines
Rice Terrace Clusters of Banaue: Bangaan - Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Sent from The Philippines on 22 Nov 2025
The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring ancient, hand-carved terraces built by Indigenous communities over 2,000 years ago. They are recognized for their sustainable land-use system, intricate irrigation networks, and the living cultural traditions that demonstrate a harmonious relationship between people and their environment.
Sent from The Philippines on 22 Nov 2025
The Historic City of Vigan in the Philippines is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its exceptionally well-preserved Spanish colonial townscape. It is recognized for its unique fusion of European colonial architecture with Asian building traditions and its intact grid-based urban layout.
Poland
Wawel Castle - Historic Centre of Kraków
Sent from Poland on 8 Dec 2025
The Historic Centre of Kraków in Poland is a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its well-preserved medieval core, including the Old Town, Wawel Castle, and St. Mary’s Basilica. It is recognized for its outstanding architecture, urban planning, and role as a major cultural, academic, and political center of Central Europe.
USA
Sent from the USA on 27 Nov 2025
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in the United States is a UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving the remains of the largest pre-Columbian city north of Mexico. It is recognized for its monumental earthworks, complex society, and insights into the social, political, and religious life of the Mississippian culture.
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