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February 26, 2014

1015 NETHERLANDS (Netherlands / Bonaire) - The main street of Kralendijk

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Located in Carribean Sea , at only 80km north of Venezuelan coast, and 48km est of  Curaçao , Bonaire is a island that, together with...
February 24, 2014

1013 CROATIA (Zagreb) - Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

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As the largest city of Croatia , Zagreb occupy, of course, leading economic position in the country, making it a global and cosmopolit...
February 23, 2014

1011 ESTONIA (Saare) - Traditional clothes in Jämaja

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Estonians are a Finnic people and have strong ties to the Nordic countries, stemming from important cultural and religious influences...
February 22, 2014

1010 JAPAN (Chūbu) - Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

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The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route , known also as the "Roof of Japan", is a famous mountain sightseeing route between th...
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February 20, 2014

1007-1008 INDONESIA (Java) - The Olden Days Indonesia

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"The Olden Days Indonesia" is a series comprising wonderful reproductions of postcards issued at the beginning of the 20th ce...
February 17, 2014

1006 BAHRAIN - Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy (UNESCO WHS)

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1006 Isa bin Ali House Located on the island with the same name, Muharraq (literary "burned down" in Arabic ) has long bee...
February 14, 2014

1003 NETHERLANDS - Tulip fields & cheese girl

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As wrote Wilma, this is, obviously, a touristic postcard, following three clichés about Netherlands : the tulips , the cheese and the D...
February 3, 2014

1002 SPAIN (Andalusia) - La Alcazaba in Málaga

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Located on the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun) of the Mediterranean , at about 100 km east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about 130...
February 2, 2014

1001 RUSSIA - Lenin (1870-1924)

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If Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most luminous personalities of the 20th century, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) was one of the dar...
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January 30, 2014

0999 INDONESIA (Java) - Being the owner of a cock makes him proud

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The truth is that the cock from the postcard is a really beautiful one. At first I believe that is a fighting cock, especially that co...
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January 28, 2014

0998 GERMANY (Bavaria) - Freight locomotive 86 260 in 1968 at Plattling depot

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The DRG Class 86 was a standard goods train tank locomotive with the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) (German Imperial Railway C...
January 27, 2014

0997 INDIA - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

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In 1869, when was born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , had passed 11 years since the British Crown had taken over the direct rule of Briti...

0996 FRANCE (New Aquitaine) - Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (UNESCO WHS)

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Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River , in southwestern France , known mainly as the world's wine industry capital. At firs...
January 26, 2014

0989 MOROCCO - Two women, two colours, the same hayek

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The Qur'an instructs both Muslim men and women to be modest. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and Muslim World , this modest...
January 25, 2014

0988 SPAIN (Andalusia) - The map of Andalusia

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Even if Spain is a highly decentralized state, being composed, in terms of administrative, by 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomo...
January 24, 2014

0029, 0987 INDIA (Tamil Nadu) - Great Living Chola Temples (UNESCO WHS)

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0029 A gateway of  Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur Posted on 06.11.2011, 24.01.2014 The Great Living Chola Temples , which includes...
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January 23, 2014

0985, 0986 SPAIN (Andalusia) - Alhambra - part of Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (UNESCO WHS)

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0985 Panorama of the Alhambra Although the area was inhabited from at least the 8th century B.C., the actual founding of present day ...

0710, 0979-0984 UNITED STATES (Pennsylvania) - Life in Amish Country

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Posted on 30.06.2013, completed on 23.01.2014 "Strolling along a rural road and admiring the flower, this Amish family is the sum...
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