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0416-0418 & 0900 ROMANIA (Suceava) - Gura Humorului from summer to winter
Posted on 15.12.2012, completed on 13.12.2013Located in the north-east of Romania, in southern Bukovina, in Humorului Depression, at the confluence of Moldova River and Humor River, between forested...
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0901 UZBEKISTAN (Samarqand) - Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures (UNESCO WHS)
Along with Bukhara, Samarkand, located in a large oasis in the valley of the Zerafshan River, is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, prospering from its location on the trade route between...
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0902 CHRISTMAS (Luxembourg) - Frohe Weihnachten
Frohe Weihnachten means "Merry Christmas" in German, but I believe that also in Luxembourgish, two of the three administrative languages of Luxembourg (the third is French). The vivid and bright colors...
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0903 CHRISTMAS (Australia) - Baubles
The custom of the Christmas tree developed in modern Germany (with predecessors that can be traced to the 16th century), from where it spread to Europe in the 19th century, and after WWI in many other...
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0406, 0407 & 0906 BRAZIL (Federal District) - Brasilia, a fantasy island...
Posted on 08.12.2012, and completed on 16.12.2013I received the first postcard from this post on December 5 (even if the postmark is from December 4), the day that has passed away, at the age of almost...
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0907-0910 MALTA - City of Valletta (UNESCO WHS)
Malta's strategic location tempted many throughout history, so a succession of powers (including the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Moorish, Normans, Aragonese, Habsburg Spain,...
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0913 CZECH REPUBLIC (Zlin) - Children from Haná in traditional costumes
In addition to its agricultural productivity, Haná (or Hanakia), an ethnic region in central Moravia, located mainly in the lowlands of the Morava River and the Bečva River, is known for its costumes,...
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0914 CHINA (HONG KONG) - A man with a rickshaw
The rickshaw began as a two or three-wheeled passenger cart, called a pulled rickshaw, generally pulled by one man with one passenger, and it is believed to have been invented in Japan in the 1869,...
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0915 GERMANY (Bremen) - The statue of the Town Musicians
The bronze statue on the western side of the Town Hall, near its entrance, is undoubtedly the most famous and most photographed representation of Die Stadtmusikanten (The Town Musicians), which...
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0916 CANADA (Ontario) - Post Office and Town Clock at Eganville
Eganville is a small community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River, in the township of Bonnechere Valley (formed in 2001 by the union of Grattan,...
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0917 PALESTINE (Nablus) - Nabulsi soap
Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, in the northern West Bank, at 49km north of Jerusalem, Nablus is a city with a history of over two millennia that entered in 1995...
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0918, 0919 FRANCE (Aquitaine) - Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (UNESCO WHS)
Located at 35km northeast of Bordeaux, Saint-Émilion is one of the principal red wine areas of Bordeaux. Its history goes back to prehistoric times, and in 27 BC began the Roman occupation, with the...
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0920 UNITED STATES (Arizona) - Sunset in Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert, one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, covers large parts of the Southwestern United States and of Northwestern Mexico. It includes 60 mammal species, 350 bird...
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0921 LAOS (Vientiane) - Vang Vieng
Located on the Nam Song river, north of Ventiane, the tourism-oriented town Vang Vieng is best known for the karst hill landscape surrounding it. Even if was founded around 1353, it knew a significant...
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0922, 0923 POLAND (Subcarpathia) - Tarnobrzeg
Founded in 1593, during the golden age of Poland, in the Sandomierz Basin, on the east bank of the river Vistula, to become the residence of the Tarnowski family, Tarnobrzeg remained a small town until...
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0924 GREECE (South Aegean) - The volcanic island Nisyros
Located in Aegean Sea, between Kos and Tilos, the volcanic island Nisyros is part of the Dodecanese group of islands and has a shape approximately round, with a diameter of about 8km. According to...
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0925 UNITED STATES (New Mexico) - A Zuni Governor
The Zuni are a federally recognized Native American tribe, one of the 21 surviving pueblos in the 21st century. The majority of them live in the Pueblo of Zuni on the Zuni River, a tributary of the...
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0926 GERMANY (Hamburg) - Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District...
The Hamburg Kontorhaus District is an office district (the first in Europe) built to serve the functions arising from creation of the Speicherstadt (warehouse district - the largest timber-pile founded...
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0927 MALAYSIA - A fishing village
There is a long and rich maritime heritage in the culture of almost every coastal village and town of the Peninsular Malaysia, known also as West Malaysia (formerly Malaya). Besides, seafaring has been...
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0928 CANADA (Alberta) - The rugged Alberta Badlands
Badlands are a type of dry and barren terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water. Canyons, ravines, gullies, hoodoos, winding channels and...
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