The European Heritage Label Sites of 2022, err 2021

I am already very late to the party, but the new European Heritage Label Sites had been announced in late April 2022, whichs of course means these are the sites inscribed in 2021. You get it? The following sites got the label:

• Vučedol Culture Museum and Archaeological Site (Croatia)
• Archaeological Site of Nemea (Greece)
• Thracian Art in Eastern Rhodopes: Aleksandrovo Tomb (Bulgaria)
• Almadén Mining Park (Spain)
• Echternach Saint Willibrord Heritage (Luxembourg)
• Historic Centre of Turaida (Latvia)
• Medieval wall painting in Gemer and Malohont Regions (Slovakia)
• The Oderbruch (Germany)
• Palace of the European Commission of the Danube (Romania)
• Seminaarinmäki Campus - Equality in Education (Finland)
• Ventotene (Italy)
• MigratieMuseumMigration (MMM) (Belgium)

That means that the following pre-selected sites did not get the label:

• Grand Commandery Alden Biesen, Belgium
• Fulda and Petersberg – Centers of the Carolingian Education Reform, Germany
• The Wellspring of Multilingualism - Baška Tablet (Bašćanska ploča) and the Complex of the Church of St Lucy, Croatia
• Mariapocs National Shrine, Hungary
• Land of Water, Land in Water. The Po River Delta and Venice, Italy
• The Address of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops, November 18, 1965, Poland
• Lech Hill with Gniezno Cathedral, Poland
• Lines of Torres Vedras, Portugal
• ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization, Romania

Comparing the final list with those pre-selected sites earlier released and discussed (see here) some names had been changed. For Bulgaria and Slovakia those are the first inscribed sites. The only countries without inscribed sites are now Cyprus, Denmark, Ireland, Malta and Sweden, but if I remember right none of them has ever nominated a site. Like I have said before, some of these new sites are definitely worthy of the site while other seem to be strange selections. That is primarily due to the criteria of the selection which looks more closely at the narrative than the site per se. The Medieval wall painting in Gemer and Malohont Regions and the Oderbruch are for sure interesting sites, but I think that their stated European significance could be illustrated by many other sites as well. On another note many of these sites will be very difficult to collect on cards or stamps. So far I only have cards of Echternach and the Oderbruch plus a stamp about Ventotene. Any help is very welcome. Using the label Eurorpean Heritage Label on the right side you can always see my collection. There you will also find short information about all sites. Let's see which sites will be pre-selected in the next round. Those can be expected in late 2023. 

Grand Commandery Alden Biesen - not inscribed

Echternach Saint Willibrord Heritage - inscribed!