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).

13 December, 2019

Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape

country. Laos
year of inscription. 2001

criteria. Cultural

The Champasak cultural landscape, found in Champasak province, includes the Vat Phou Temple complex, two planned cities on the banks of the Mekong River, and Phou Kao mountain. The use of the site for religious purposes date back to the 5th century CE; however, the current structures trace their origins to the Angkor era, from the 11th to the 14th century CE. The temple complex, originally constructed for Shaivite Hindu worship, was part of a planned landscape, comprising of an axis from mountain to river of more than 10km, from which a geometric layout of temples and shrines, settlements, and waterworks were laid out.

what. WHS visited (December 2019)