My UNESCO WHS List

This blog puts together some of my passions: travelling, especially to UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS); philately (collecting stamps); deltiology (collecting postcards); and doing research into TUIs (i.e., totally useless information) of things that interest me. Hence, it catalogues UNESCO WHS that I have been to, stamps showing UNESCO WHS that I have, as well as postcards featuring UNESCO WHS that I have received (i.e., stamped and posted) and maxicards and postal cards (both used or unused).

25 February, 2019

Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

country. Malaysia

year of inscription. 2008 (modification: 2011)

criteria. Cultural

Melaka and George Town are historic cities, in the states of Melaka and Pulau Pinang respectively, along the Straits of Malacca that have developed as a consequence of economic and cultural interaction between the East and the West. Both towns demonstrate the multicultural heritage originating from trade routes from the United Kingdom to China, through the Middle East, South Asia, and the Malay Archipelago. This can be seen in Melaka, with its origins in the 15th century CE Malay sultanate and through the Portuguese and Dutch periods, and George Town, with its origins in the British era of the late 18th century CE.

what. WHS visited (pre-2018, March 2018, December 2018 - January 2019)