06/03/2021

SPAIN


SPAIN / ESPAÑA.

Tourism.
Bohí Valley (Vall de Boí), Catalonia.
First stamp in a set of 5, issued on 16.05.1966.
Face value: 10 cents of Spanish peseta.
Printed by F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre), Madrid.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 7,500,000 copies.
Size: 34 x 29 mm.

Catalogues
- Edifil No. 1726.
- Michel No. 1616.
- Scott No. 1353.
- StampWorld No. 1622.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1786.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1380.

The Bohí Valley (in Catalan, Vall de Boí; in Spanish, Valle de Bohí) is located in the Catalan comarca of Alta Robagorça, northeast of Catalonia. Its area is 219.5 km² (84.75 sq mi). The valley is especially known for its nine early Romanesque churches, making it the site of the densest concentration of Romanesque architecture in Europe, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on November 30, 2000. The valley too includes the highest ski resort in the Pyrenees, in Boí-Taüll, and is bordered to the northeast by the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park.

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