Thursday 29 December 2022

AUSTRIA

This cover from Austria depicts 2 stamps, including the orange stamp on the right celebrating the "Seewinkel National Park", a part of the World Heritage Site Ferto /Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape. The Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia. This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary symbiosis between human activity and the physical environment. The remarkable rural architecture of the villages surrounding the lake and several 18th- and 19th-century palaces adds to the area’s considerable cultural interest. The site is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2001.