Monday, March 23, 2009

New Unesco cards

This week started with a new unesco whs card from China, Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area.

CN-58945 - sent by "DJK".
"Wulingyuan is a scenic and historic interest area in Hunan Province, China, famous for its approximately 3,100 tall quartzite sandstone pillars, some over 800 meters in height, which are a kind of karst formation. It is part of Zhangjiajie city, about 270km from the capital of Hunan Province, Changsha. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Wulingyuan forms part of the Wuling Range." - in: wikipedia

1 comment:

Chris Overstreet said...

One can only imagine what the ancients thought of those pillars.