UN NEW YORK

This cover from United Nations (New York Office) depicts 4 stamps (2 of each type), celebrating 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain: the Alhambra, Generalife and Albazín in Granada and the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida. The three sites in the town of Granad are remnants of the Moorish influence in southern Spain. The fortress Alhambra and the palace Generalife were built by the rulers of the Emirate of Granada are are part of the World Heritage List since 1984. The Albayzín district contains examples of the Moorish vernacular architecture and was added to the listing in 1994. Augusta Emerita, also called Emerita Augusta, was a Roman colonia founded in 25 BC in present day Mérida, Spain. The city was founded by Roman Emperor Augustus to resettle Emeriti soldiers from the veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars. The theater and amphitheater are visible to the right, along the city wall. Today the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida is one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

SPAIN

A beautiful UNESCO cover from Spain, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2011, celebrating the amazing moorish monument Alhambra in Granada. The Alhambra is a part of the UNESCO site that includes 2 other landmarks of moorish influence: the Generalife and the Albazyn. The three sites are remnants of the Moorish influence in southern Spain. The fortress Alhambra and the palace Generalife were built by the rulers of the Emirate of Granada and is classified as an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. The Albayzín district contains examples of the Moorish vernacular architecture and was added to the listing in 1994.

SPAIN

A nice UNESCO cover from Spain, celebrating 3 stamps with Unesco sites: Salamanca, Alhambra in Granada and Cordoba Mosque. The site is inscribed at UNESCO's historical sites since 1984.

The Alhambra in Granada (middle stamp) is a fortress and former rural residence of the emirs who ruled this part of Spain in the 13th and 14th centuries.

The Historic Centre of Cordoba (right stamp) is also inscribed at UNESCO's historical sites since 1984. Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral.

The old town of Salamaca (stamp on the left) is inscribed at UNESCO since 1988 and it has important Romanesque, Gothic, Moorsih, Renaissance and Baroque Monuments. The Plaza Mayor, with its galleries and arcades, is particularly impressive.

FRANCE

A cover from France with 2 UNESCO stamps.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the UN based in Paris. UNESCO provides a few stamps every year issued by French Post (La Poste Française). They can only be used at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
Both stamps were issued in 2010, showing the Alpaca animal and the Alhambra Palace in Granada (Spain).
The Alhambra was originally a small fortress and was renovated and rebuilt in the 13th century by the emir of the ancient Emirate of Granada. After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered in the Renaissance Style. This site is inscribed at Unesco's since 1984.