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

Statue of Liberty

country. United States of America

year of inscription. 1984

criteria. Cultural

The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi, in collaboration with engineer Gustave Eiffel, and made in Paris. It was a gift from France to the United States on the occasion of the centenary of American independence in 1876. Its construction was recognised as an engineering feat of its time. Erected atop a pedestal designed by American architect Richard Morris Hunt, placed at the entrance to New York Harbor, and inaugurated in 1886, the sculpture has been a symbol of welcome for the millions of migrants who entered the United States through the harbour.

what. stamps (Indonesia, 2017)