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February 27, 2012
0133 POLAND (Lesser Poland) - The castle that hides the treasure of Incas
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Niedzica Castle (also known as Dunajec Castle) is located in the southernmost part of Lesser Poland ( Małopolska ), in the Pieniny mo...
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February 24, 2012
0131 GERMANY (Brandenburg) – Trabistörche (Trabi storks)
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The Trabant was one of the best known symbols of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic) and even of the whole...
February 23, 2012
0130 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Dubai) - Dubai City
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On 1962 the first cargo of crude oil has left Abu Dhabi . On 1969 Dubai also began to export oil. Shortly after, on December 2, 1971, ...
February 22, 2012
0129 CHILE (Valparaiso) - Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso (UNESCO WHS)
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The second postcard sent by Hernán ( gracias, amigo ) shows Valparaiso, which played an important geopolitical role in the second ha...
February 18, 2012
0127 EL SALVADOR (San Salvador) - The cathedral of suffering and rebirth
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I said here that "about the civil war that devastated El Salvador 12 years (1980-1992), [I will write] when I will have a postcard wi...
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February 17, 2012
0126 PHILIPPINES - The map and the flag of the country
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Says Wikipedia : "The Philippines has been part of several empires: the Spanish Empire during the age of Imperialism, the United ...
February 16, 2012
0125 GERMANY (Bremen) - Bremerhaven
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Who controls the mouth of the River Weser on the North Sea controls the access to the Hanseatic port Bremen , located at 60 km south...
February 11, 2012
0122 SOUTH AFRICA (Gauteng) - The great, wealthy and choleric Johannesburg
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A dusty, harsh and disorganized settlement located to the end of the world, populated by white miners from all continents, black tribes...
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February 9, 2012
0121 COSTA RICA – "Doooon’t booootheeeer meee, pleeeeease…"
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I remember as if would be now that in elementary school I got a 10 (maximum grade) to Geography because I was the only one in class who kne...
February 8, 2012
0120 BRAZIL (São Paulo) – "I am not lead, I lead"
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The first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas, São Vicente, was founded in 1532, at 32 years after the fleet commanded by P...
February 7, 2012
0119 JAPAN (Chūgoku) - Hiroshima Peace Memorial (UNESCO WHS)
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Hiroshima isn't history, isn't past. Hiroshima haunt us and will haunt us, and so it must be. When talking about Hiroshima, s...
February 6, 2012
0117 UNITED KINGDOM (Scotland) - The Hub - part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (UNESCO WHS)
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0117 Ramsey Gardens (in the front) and the Hub (in the back) About the Ramsay Gardens I wrote here , so I'll pass straight to...
February 5, 2012
0116 IRAQ (Baghdad) - Republican Palace in Baghdad
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The palace in the picture, Republican Palace , located in the Karada Mariam, a high-end neighborhoods of Baghdad , in Karkh , on...
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0115 AUSTRIA (Styria) - A friendly alien
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Kunsthaus Graz , or Graz Art Museum, was completed in 2003 (the year when Graz held the prestigious title of a Cultural Capital of ...
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February 3, 2012
0114 DENMARK (Faroe Islands) - ...bygði þenna stað fyrst (...lived in this place first)
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I received this wonderful maxicard issued by Faroe Islands from Kajo, which is Finnish and apologizes that had no maxicard from his ...
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February 1, 2012
0113 GHANA - Osei Tutu II
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If the first postcard received from Ghana illustrated traditional houses, the second one depicts Osei Tutu II , King of the Ashanti ....
January 31, 2012
0112 BELGIUM (West Flanders) - The successor to the oldest lighthouse in Europe
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Nieuwpoort is a municipality located in Flanders, to the mouth of the river Yser into the North Sea, on the Channel coast between Dunkirk a...
January 30, 2012
0111 EGYPT (Cairo) - Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (UNESCO WHS)
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This view of the pyramids at Giza , from the plateau to the south of the complex, is, without doubt, one of the most popular. From righ...
January 29, 2012
0110 LUXEMBOURG - A short tour of Grand Duchy
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According to the census of 2011, Luxembourg has 439,539 inhabitants, as a district of a city like Shanghai, Moscow and New York City, t...
January 27, 2012
0108 UNITED STATES (Michigan) - Grand Rapids skyline
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In 1805, when was born Michigan Territory, effectively consisting of Detroit and the surrounding area - to 52 years after the British had t...
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