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).

16 September, 2021

Old City of Dubrovnik

country. Croatia

year of inscription. 1979 (extension: 1994; modification: 2018)

criteria. Cultural

Dubrovnik is in the county of Dubrovnik-Neretva, on the Dalmatian coast. Dubbed the “Pearl of the Adriatic”, the port-city arose in importance from the 13th century CE onwards. Despite damage from a massive earthquake in 1667CE and armed conflict in the 1990s, Dubrovnik has managed to preserve its old city, with its Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture.

The WHS site was listed in 1979 under Yugoslavia. With its independence in 1991, the State Party was then re-defined as Croatia.

what. postcard (Finland, 2022)

what. postcard (Germany, 2021)

My UNESCO WHS List

16 September, 2021

Old City of Dubrovnik

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