Amiens Cathedral!

Today I received a wonderful swap card from Lexman in France of the Amiens Cathedral! I love to swap cards particularly UNESCO ones with folks from all around the world...particularly of impressive religious buildings like this Cathedral.

Amiens Cathedral

Amiens Cathedral, in the heart of Picardy, is one of the largest 'classic' Gothic churches of the 13th century. It is notable for the coherence of its plan, the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation and the particularly fine display of sculptures on the principal facade and in the south transept. It was inscribed onto the UNESCO WHS list, reference number 162, in 1981.

The Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora!

I have recently been taking part in the UNESCO tag on the Postcrossing.com forum and today received a wonderful card from Kseniya_bor in the Ukraine of a panorama of the ancient city of Tauric Chersonese. 

The Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese

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. The site was inscribed onto the UNESCO WHS list in 2013, reference number 1411.