2424) "Ancient Cities of the Mediterranean - Ajdovscina - D", Slovenia: "EUROMED" theme for 2022: Pošta Slovenije (Post of Slovenia) has issued a postage stamp featuring this ancient city: Date of Stamp issue: 11.07.2022:
The Postal Union for the Mediterranean (PUMed), created in Rome on 15.03.2011, by 14 Postal Administrations from the Mediterranean Region under the aegis of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), now has 23 members.
Over time, other postal operators have joined: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritania, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic and Tunisia, from the Permanent Arab Commission; Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey, belonging to PostEurop.
The objective behind this concept was to develop a similar project of the lines of "EUROPA" Stamps, wherein a theme will be chosen and all member countries will submit their design. As such, the Euromed Postal stamp project is a joint commitment, consisting of the annual issue of a stamp on the same theme.
Each member will then be free to issue the design prepared by it. This for the exception of the first stamp issued in 2014, where all members were obliged to have the same design.
The themes chosen for the member countries, since 2014, so far, are as follows:
2014 - “The Mediterranean”
2015 - “Boats used in the Mediterranean”
2016 - “Fish in the Mediterranean”
2017 - “Trees in the Mediterranean”
2018 - “Houses in the Mediterranean”
2019 - “Costumes used in the Mediterranean”
2020 - "Traditional Gastronomy in the Mediterranean"
2021 - "Handicraft Jewelry in the Mediterranean"
2022 - "Ancient Cities of the Mediterranean"
A Stamp brought out by Pošta Slovenije (Slovenian Post) on the "EUROMED Project theme" for 2022, "Ancient Cities of the Mediterranean":
A brief:
In the 3rd Century, the Roman fortress of Castro was built along the itinerary road leading from Aquileia (Aquileia) to Ljubljana (Emona).
It was located at the confluence of Hubelj and Lokavšček, in the area of an older Roman settlement, and was an important administrative and commercial center of the Vipava Valley.
Castro Fort was irregularly oval in shape with mighty walls and at least 14 towers. Castro held a supply and command function with a permanent military garrison within the prison walls ("claustra Alpium Iuliarum") that guarded the northeastern border of Roman Italy.
Archaeological excavations in the old town have uncovered architectural remains of walls with towers and a defensive moat on the west and south sides.
Remains of a large building complex were found in the central square along the main road that crossed the fort.
Among other researched buildings, an even larger monumental building and thermal baths in the southern part of the fort stand out in terms of importance.
Outside the walls, the cemetery belonging to the fort was partially explored.
Small archeological finds discovered in Castro show that the settlement was well integrated into the Roman Empire's trade network and that the fortress lasted until the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century.
Until the end of the 19th century, the late medieval and modern settlements developed within the walls of the Roman Castro.
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