UKRAINE - Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine *

Postal enviada por Alona en un Swap privado.

Envío - 14 de Noviembre del 2017.

INSCRIPTION/INSCRITO: 2013

Situated in the eastern fringe of Central Europe, the transnational property numbers a selection of sixteen tserkvas (churches). They were built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th and 19th centuries by communities of Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. The tserkvas bear testimony to a distinct building tradition rooted in Orthodox ecclesiastic design interwoven with elements of local tradition, and symbolic references to their communities’ cosmogony.  The tserkvas are built on a tri-partite plan surmounted by open quadrilateral or octagonal domes and cupolas. Integral to tserkvas are iconostasis screens, interior polychrome decorations, and other historic furnishings. Important elements of some tserkvas include wooden bell towers, churchyards, gatehouses and graveyards.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1424

Estos tserkvas de  Ucrania me recuerdan altamente a las iglesias de madera de Moldavia, si en persona son tan impresionantes como en el mundo real, deben ser un espectáculo digno de admirar! Por otra parte Alona me ha puesto sellos coincidentes con la postal y además muy bonitos!

Thanks for this beautiful card and awesome matching stamps Alona! I love it!

UKRAINE - Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Postal enviada por Olena 

Envío - 09 de Noviembre del 2017.

INSCRIPTION/INSCRITO: 2007
EXTENSION/EXTENSIÓN: 2011,2017

This transboundary property stretches over 12 countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European Beech spread from a few isolated refuge areas in the Alps, Carpathians, Dinarides, Mediterranean and Pyrenees over a short period of a few thousand years in a process that is still ongoing. The successful expansion across a whole continent is related to the tree’s adaptability and tolerance of different climatic, geographical and physical conditions.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1133

Olena me ha enviado juntamente a estas postales tan geniales, unos cuantos sellos de regalo!

Thanks Olena for your awesome card and the stamps! I love them!

UKRAINE - Lviv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre

Postal enviada por Olena.

Envío - 11 de Noviembre del 2017.

INSCRIPTION/INSCRITO: 1998
EXTENSION/EXTENSIÓN: 2008

The city of L''viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.

Fundada a finales de la Edad Media, la ciudad de Lvov llegó a ser un importante centro administrativo, religioso y comercial, cuya influencia iba a perdurar en los siglos posteriores. La ciudad ha preservado prácticamente intacta su topografía urbana medieval y, en particular, la huella de las diferentes comunidades que la han habitado. También ha conservado magníficos edificios del periodo barroco y de épocas posteriores.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/865

Thanks for this awesome and big card Olena! And also thank you for putting in the envelope such nice stamps! I love them!

Keep being awesome!

UKRAINE - Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

Postal enviada por knyazna en un Unesco tag and Olena.

Envío - 27 de Octubre del 2016 and 09 de Noviembre del 2017.

INSCRIPTION/INSCRITO: 2011

The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist architecture, also includes a seminary and monastery and is dominated by the domed, cruciform Seminary Church with a garden and park. The complex expresses architectural and cultural influences from the Byzantine period onward and embodies the powerful presence of the Orthodox Church during Habsburg rule, reflecting the Austro-Hungarian Empire policy of religious tolerance.

Representa una magistral sinergia de estilos arquitectónicos construida por el arquitecto checo Josef Hlavka de 1864 a 1882. El sitio es un ejemplo excepcional de la arquitectura historicista del siglo XIX e incluye un seminario y un monasterio. La iglesia del seminario, de planta cruciforme coronada por una cúpula, posee un jardín y un parque. El complejo expresa las influencias arquitectónicas del periodo bizantino y encarna la ponderosa presencia que tuvo allí la iglesia ortodoxa durante el dominio de los Habsburgo, reflejo de la política de tolerancia religiosa que mantuvo el imperio austro-húngaro.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1330

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 Me ha llegado esta postal que además de informativa, viene con un montón de sellos preciosos y enormes!

Thanks for this awesome cards Rita and Olena!

UKRAINE - Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora

Postal enviada por Nikolay en un Offer tag.

Envío - 01 de Setiembre del 2015.

INSCRIPTION/INSCRITO: 2013

The site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian Greeks in the 5th century BC on the northern shores of the Black Sea. It encompasses six component sites with urban remains and agricultural lands divided into several hundreds of chora, rectangular plots of equal size. The plots supported vineyards whose production was exported by the city which thrived until the 15th century. The site features several public building complexes and residential neighbourhoods, as well as early Christian monuments alongside remains from Stone and Bronze Age settlements; Roman and medieval tower fortifications and water supply systems; and exceptionally well-preserved examples of vineyard planting and dividing walls. In the 3rd century AD, the site was known as the most productive wine centre of the Black Sea and remained a hub of exchange between the Greek, Roman and Byzantine Empires and populations north of the Black Sea. It is an outstanding example of democratic land organization linked to an ancient polis, reflecting the city’s social organization.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1411

Thanks for the card Nikolay!

UKRAINE - Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

Postal enviada por Sergey (Horder) a cambio de una UNESCO española.

Envío - 02 de Setiembre del 2015.

INSCRIPTION/INSCRITO: 1990
EXTENSION: 2005

Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St Vladimir in 988. The spiritual and intellectual influence of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox thought and the Orthodox faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century.

Proyectada para rivalizar con Santa Sofía de Constantinopla, la catedral Santa Sofía de la capital ucraniana es el símbolo de la “Nueva Constantinopla”, denominación dada a la capital del principado de Kiev, creado en el siglo XI en una región evangelizada después del bautismo de San Vladimir en el año 988. La influencia espiritual e intelectual del monasterio de Kievo-Petchersk contribuyó considerablemente a la propagación de la fe y el pensamiento ortodoxos en el mundo ruso entre los siglos XVII y XIX.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/527

Mi primera postal de Ucrania! Se asemejan a las rusas en cuanto a calidad y variedad de sellos, muy buenos y muy de mi gusto!

Thanks for this awesome card and stamps (I love them) Sergey!

Postcard 2:

Thank you for the amazing card Kseniya!

Postcard 3:

Wonderful stamps. Thank you, Kincida!