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March 8, 2013

0546 BRAZIL (Bahia) - "Acarajé as Sold by Baianas", a Brazilian treasure

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As I said in a previous post , because today, March 8, is the International Women's Day , I will post four postcards depicting wom...
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0544 MACEDONIA - Young women in old traditional dress

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Because today, March 8, is the International Women's Day , firstly I want to wish to all the representatives of the fair sex who fo...
March 7, 2013

0543 CROATIA (Krapina-Zagorje) - Burg - Castle of Veliki Tabor (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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Located in the northwestern part of Hrvatsko zagorje province, known for many aristocratic castles, the Veliki Tabor castle dates from...
March 6, 2013

0542 NORTH CYPRUS - Ballapais Abbey

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The island of Cyprus was inhabited since 10th millennium BC, and its strategic position in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea brought it ...
March 5, 2013

0540 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (FBiH) - Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city - Sebilj (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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Unfortunately Sarajevo , city situated in the heart of the Balkans , on the Miljacka River , isn't known mainly for its traditional...
March 4, 2013

0539 BELARUS (Vitebsk) - Braslau Lakes National Park

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0539 Braslau Lakes National Park Located in the north-west of the Belarus , near the borders with Lithuania and Latvia , the Braslau...
March 3, 2013

0537, 0538 SPAIN (Andalusia) - Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (UNESCO WHS)

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0537 The Former Cathedral of Baeza Úbeda and Baeza are two small towns, some 10 km from each other, located on the northern slopes ...

0536 SPAIN (Andalusia) - The Pastira from Jaén

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Its position in the extreme south of Iberian Peninsula , providing a gateway between Europe and Africa, added to its position between t...
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March 1, 2013

0533, 0534, 0535 FRANCE (Centre-Val de Loire / Pays de la Loire) - The Loire Valley and its castles (UNESCO WHS)

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Located in the middle stretch of the Loire River , in central France , Loire Valley is considered the Cradle of the French Language, a...
February 28, 2013

0532 CHILE (Antofagasta / Atacama) - Penitentes from Puna de Atacama

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Puna de Atacama (Atacama Plateau) is a cold Andean tableland in northwestern Argentina and adjacent regions of Chile, with a length of...
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0531 BAHRAIN - Qal'at al-Bahrain (UNESCO WHS)

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Even if Dilmun (or Telmun), the "land of immortality", is mentioned since the time of Mesopotamian civilization , its locati...
February 27, 2013

0530 SLOVENIA (Inner Carniola) - Postojna Cave - part of Classic Karst (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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With a length of 20,570m, Postojna Cave , located in Inner Carniola , în Slovenia , is one of the world's largest karst monuments, ...

0529 PORTUGAL (Madeira) - Spectacular Funchal Harbour

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The first territorial discovery of the Portuguese Age of Discovery (1419), Madeira is a archipelago located in the north Atlantic Oce...
February 26, 2013

0528 OMAN - Samail Hosn

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On this postcard writes "the fort in Oman". Of course that it's a fort in Oman , but which one? After more than an hour ...

0527 IRAQ (Nineveh) - Mosul, the City of Two Springs

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Situated in the northwestern part of the present day Iraq , on the banks of Tigris , Mosul is the country's second largest city, wi...
February 25, 2013

0524, 0525 SPAIN (Catalonia) - Gothic Quarter in Barcelona

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0524 Barcelona - Street of the Bishop, the heart of the Barri Gotic (1) The Gothic Quarter ( Barri Gòtic ) is the historic center o...

0521-0523 SPAIN (Catalonia) - Barcelona

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0521 Night view of Barcelona Capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, Barcelona was founded as a Roman city, and ...
February 24, 2013

0520 PORTUGAL (Lisbon) - Elevador da Glória

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Elevador da Glória (the Glória Funicular) is a funicular that links Baixa ( Restauradores Square ) with Bairro Alto (Jardim / Mirado...
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0519 NETHERLANDS (Netherlands / Overijssel) - The locomotive Magda from Museum Buurt Spoorweg

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In two previous posts ( here and here ) I wrote about two locomotives exposed to the Museum Buurt Spoorweg (MBS), a railway museum lo...