Friday 4 May 2018

SERBIA

This nice cover from Serbia depicts a complete set issued in 2016 celebrating the World Heritage Site "Medieval Monuments in Kosovo". This World Heritage Site consists of four Serbian Orthodox Christian churches that are represented in this set, representing the fusion of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine and the western Romanesque ecclesiastical architecture to form the Palaiologian Renaissance style. The construction was founded by members of Nemanjić dynasty, the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages. The sites are located in the modern-day Kosovo. In 2004, UNESCO recognized the Dečani Monastery (69p stamp) for its outstanding universal value. Two years later, the site of patrimony was extended as a serial nomination, to include three other religious monuments: Patriarchate of Peć Monastery (70p stamp), Our Lady of Ljeviš (23p stamp) and Gračanica Monastery (46p stamp). In 2006 the property was inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger due to difficulties in its management and conservation stemming from the region's political instability.