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).

31 December, 2019

Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

where. China
what. stamps (Hong Kong, 2019)

23 December, 2019

Works of Antoni Gaudí

where. Spain
what. postcard (Spain, 2019)

22 December, 2019

Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces

where. China
what. stamps (Hong Kong, 2015)

China Danxia

where. China
what. stamps (Hong Kong, 2014)

The Great Wall

country. China

year of inscription. 1987

criteria. Cultural

The origins of the Great Wall can be traced to 220BCE, when, under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were linked to provide a unified defense system against invasions from the north. Construction continued from the 3rd century BCE to 17th century CE, in the Ming Dynasty. With a total length of some 20,000km, it runs from Jiayuguan in Gansu province eastwards to Shanhaiguan in Hebei province, across seven provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, and Liaoning, as well as the two municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin.