Thursday, May 12, 2016

Hvar Island | Croatia


Postcard
Hvar is a Croatian island located off the Dalmatian coast. The island is the 4th most populated of the Croatian islands, with a population of about 11,000. 

Parts of the harbor of Hvar and surrounding areas are part of Defensive System of City of Hvar. That is part of Unesco World Heritage site inscribed under the name "Venetian Works of Defence between 16th and 17th centuries".

In the end it didnt make it to the list of world heritage sites.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/6893

The World Heritage Committee,
  1. Having examined Documents WHC/17/41.COM/8B and WHC/17/41.COM/INF.8B1,
  2. Inscribes the Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra– western Stato da Mar, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, namely six of the fifteen nominated serial components: the Fortified City of Bergamo, the Fortified City of Peschiera del Garda and the City Fortress of Palmanova (Italy), the Defensive System of Zadar and the Fort of St Nikola at Šibenik-Knin County (Croatia), and the City of Kotor (Montenegro), on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv);

4 comments:

Birgit said...

I wonder if this is a
No saw much of the war...it looks so beautiful

Medical Librarian said...

The color of the water outshines the color of the sky in this postcard.

agi said...

i believe hvar is part of the new unesco now, the venetian defence system :)

TravellingPostcard said...

thx for the tip Agi! I added it to the list

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