Lithuania : Archaeological Site of Kernave Stamps 2010

The World Heritage Objects. Archaeological Site of Kernave.

Date of issue: 7th August 2010

Designer: R. Jucaitis
Paper: chalky
Printing process: offset
Perforation:comb 14
Size ofa stamp: 30 x 34,50 mm.
Miniature Sheet composition: 9 (3 x 3) stamps
Printing run: 153.000 stamps or 17.000 Miniature Sheets
Michel catalogue numbers: 1045-1046

3 Lt. multicoloured. The archaeological site of Kernavė.
3 Lt. multicoloured. The archaeological site of Kernavė.

Lithuania : World Heritage Sites – Vilnius Historic Center

Vilnius_Historic_Center1
The Church of St. John's

Vilnius_Historic_Center 2
The Gate of Dawn

In 1994, Vilnius Historic Center was inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List. From the 13th century until the end of the 18th century, the Vilnius Old Town used to be the political centre, and in the 16th century it became the scientific and cultural centre of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Old Town of Vilnius has developed into a historic city from the city plan, which existed from the 14th until the 16th centuries.

Vilnius has grown in a special historic and natural environment surrounded by castles and the Neris and Vilnia Valleys. The Old Town represents an excellent blend of Eastern and Western cultures with an impressive complex of authentic Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classicism buildings of defensive, dwelling, representative and sacred nature.