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| 3334 The tenth postcard of the series "100 years since the Great Union of Romania" (10/12) - Xenofon Street in Bucharest. |
On 7 October, the meeting of the Romanian postcrossers in the year of the Centenary of the Great Union took place again in Bucharest, and Mihnea Răducu chose for the postcard the road to Bucharest's highest altitude point, which is a unique one in the capital city of Romania. Located in the Cotroceni area, the Xenofon street, as it is named, after Greek philosopher author of famed Anabasis, is often referenced as the city's only stairways street. The 220 years old and narrow road is less than 100 meters long but has 70 steps (divided into two sections), and links the Constantin Istrati street to the Suter alley.
On the right side, going up, the visitor sees a grey wall, on the left side the yard of two families. At the end of the stairs one can find the Suter rotunda and the building of the former Suter palace, now Carol Parc Hotel, more than a century old. In July 2014, the street got a facelift when, as part of a socio-cultural project, painter Eva Radu colored the street with eight images of some of Bucharest's cultural and historical landmarks. In August 2015, the same artist rendered another face of street, the mountain waterfall painted here creating an urban oasis near the Carol Park.
At the initiative of Mihnea Răducu, between December 1 2017 and December 1 2018, so in the year in which the Romanians celebrated the centenary of the Great Union, took place every month a meeting of the Romanian postcrossers, and at each meeting has been edited a postcard to recall this exceptional event for the Romanians.
About the stamps
The first stamp is part of the series Love Nature! Ceahlău National Park, about which I wrote here.
The last stamp is part of the series Bears, designed by Radu Oltean and issued on April 21, 2008, which illustrate six bears whose habitat is located in different corners of the world.
• Malayan Sun Bear / Helarctos malayanus (0.60 RON) - It's on the postcard 3334
• American Black Bear / Ursus americanus (1.20 RON)
• Giant Panda / Ailuropoda melanoleuca (1.60 RON)
• Sloth Bear / Melursus ursinus (3.00 RON)
• Spectacled Bear / Tremarctos ornatus (5.00 RON)
• Brown Bear / Ursus arctos (9.10 RON) - perforated souvenir sheet
Senders: Mihnea Răducu and the Romanian postcrossers who participated to the Postcrossing Meetup which held in Bucharest on October 7, 2018.
Sent from Bucharest (Bucharest / Romania) on 11.10.2018
Edited by Postcardsmarket - 100 years since the Great Union of Romania - Series 10/12
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