The narrow Vall de Boí is situated in the high Pyrénées, in the Alta Ribagorça region and is surrounded by steep mountains. Each village in the valley contains a Romanesque church, and is surrounded by a pattern of enclosed fields. There are extensive seasonally-used grazing lands on the higher slopes.
Spain
Province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia
Date of Inscription: 2000
Ref: 988- Source(Unesco.Org)
Thank you Montse
for the beautiful UNESCO site post card and beautiful stamp with beautiful postmark
2021 Stamp- Wonders of the Modern World - Roman Colosseum
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Tid bits-Both the cards on same UNESCO heritage site with images of different churches posted by two postcrossers on different days of March 2021 but both cards received by me on same date of May 2021.
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The Vall de Boí is located in the Catalan Pyrenees, in the district of Alta Ribagorça, 120 km north of Lleida, in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula. The narrow valley is surrounded by steep mountains and each of the villages in it contains a Romanesque church.
Spain
Province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia
Date of Inscription: 2000
Ref: 988- Source(Unesco.Org)
Thank you Rose for the wonderful UNESCO site postcard and nice stamp
with beautiful postmark
2016 Stamp- King Felipe VI
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