Wednesday 8 July 2015

BY-1652484 UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

Currently, there are four properties in Belarus inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.

This postcard however focuses on the Tentative List of Belarus submitted for consideration.  There are eleven properties on the Tentative List but the postcard only shows nine properties.  These are:

1 Augustow Canal
2 Saviour Transfiguration Church and St. Sophia Cathedral in the town of Polatsk
3 Kamyanets Tower
4 SS. Boris and Gleb (Kalozha) Church in the city of Hrodna
5 St. Nicholas Monastery Complex in the city of Mahilioŭ
6 Brest Fortress
7 Palace and Park Ensemble in the city of Homel
8 Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania (the churches in Synkavichy, Muravanka, and Kamai)
9 Worship wooden architecture (17th–18th centuries) in Polesye

These two properties are not illustrated on the postcard.but they are on the Tentative List:
10 Architectural ensemble of Francysk Scaryna avenue in Minsk (1940s–1950s)
11 National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" (Modification to the boundaries of the Belarusian part of the site)

This postcard came from Olga (8 July 2015) Postcrossing.

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