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3050 TANZANIA - Mount Meru
Located 70km west of Mount Kilimanjaro, just north of the city of Arusha,Mount Meru is a dormant stratovolcano, which constitutes the topographic centerpiece of Arusha National Park. At a height of...
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3051 ITALY (Liguria) - Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi...
The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli in Genoa's historic centre date from the late 16th and early 17th centuries when the Republic of Genoa was at the height of its financial and...
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3052 RUSSIA (Primorsky Krai) - Zolotoy Bridge in Vladivostok
The 24th annual gathering of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders was held on Russky Island, off the coast of Vladivostok, Russia on September 9-10, 2012. Two giant cable-stayed bridges...
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3053 TANZANIA - Ngorongoro Conservation Area (UNESCO WHS)
Located 180km west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) includes the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic...
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3054 SINGAPORE - Singapore Sling
Raffles Hotel is a colonial-style luxury hotel in Singapore, established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887, and named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder...
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3055 ROMANIA (Bucharest) - Postcrossing Meetup, Bucharest, 14 May 2017
For the postcard realised on the occasion of the 28th meetup of the Romanian postcrossers, that took place in Bucharest on May 14, Mihnea Răducu (who usually deals with this) chose a peony, maybe...
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3056 MOLDOVA - Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape (UNESCO WHS - Tentative...
3056 Church of the Complex Orheiul Vechi (Old Orhei)The Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape lies along the gorge of the lower course of the Răut River, 14km upstream from its confluence with...
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3057 TANZANIA - Serengeti National Park (UNESCO WHS)
3057 Wildbeest during the Great Migration in Serengeti National ParkThe Serengeti National Park lies in northwestern Tanzania, to the northwest of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and is bordered to...
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3058 ROMANIA - The Romani people in Romania
3058 Romani man from Transylvaniaat the end of the 19th century(then Transylvania was part of Austro-Hungarian Empire)The Romani, or Roma, are a traditionally nomadic ethnic group, living mostly in...
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3060 GERMANY (Lower Saxony) - New Town Hall in Hanover
The New Town Hall (German: Neues Rathaus) in Hanover is a magnificent, castle-like building of the era of Wilhelm II in eclectic style. It was opened in 1913, after having been under construction for...
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3061 INDIA (Himachal Pradesh) - Great Himalayan National Park Conservation...
3061 Sar Pass Top as seen from Sar Pass Great Himalayan National Park lies within the ecologically distinct Western Himalayas at the junction between two of the world’s major biogeographic realms, the...
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3062 ROMANIA (Suceava) - Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary Basilica from Cacica
At the 2011 census, the Cacica commune (located in south Bukovina) had 74.8% of inhabitants Romanians, 20.2% Poles and 4.4% Ukrainians. Its Polish inhabitants are descended from settlers who were...
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1041, 2867, 3063 RUSSIA - Russian traditional clothes
1041 A Russian family in traditional clothesPosted on 02.04.2014, 14.11.2016, 24.05.2017The area now called Russia has always been multicultural. Russian culture started from that of the East Slavs,...
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2338, 2532, 2751, 3064 LAOS (Louangphrabang) - Town of Luang Prabang (UNESCO...
2751 That Pathoun in Luang Prabang Posted on 29.02.2016, 08.05.2016, 14.09.2016, 24.05.2017Luang Prabang (literally: "Royal Buddha Image") is located in northern Laos, at the confluence of the rivers...
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3065 DENMARK (Nordjylland) - Jens Bang's House in Aalborg
Jens Bang's House, on Østerågade in Nytorv square, near the old town hall of Aalborg, is one of Denmark's best examples of 17th-century domestic architecture. Built in 1624 by the Aalborg merchant Jens...
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3066 SLOVENIA (Styria) - Kurentovanje
Kurentovanje is one of Slovenia's most popular and ethnologically significant carnival events. This 10-day rite of spring and fertility is celebrated on Shrove Sunday in Ptuj, the oldest documented...
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3067 BELARUS (Grodno) - Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Grodno
Probably the most spectacular landmark of Grodno, the Roman-CatholicCathedral of Saint Francis Xavier, originally a Jesuit church, was consecrated in 1705, in the presence of Tsar Peter I and King...
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3068 INDIA (Tamil Nadu) - Nilgiri Mountain Railway - part of Mountain...
The development of railways in the 19th century had a profound influence on social and economic developments in many parts of the world. The Mountain Railways of India are examples of hill railways...
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3069 LAOS (Vientiane Capital) - Statue of King Setthathirath in Vientiane
Setthathirath (1534-1571) or Xaysettha is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout the 1560s until his death, he successfully defended his kingdom of Lan Xang against military...
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1348-1351, 2681, 2682, 3070 ROMANIA (Timiş) - Timişoara
1348 TIMIŞOARA: 1. House with Lions (Union Square) 2. OrthodoxMetropolitan Cathedral (Victoria Square) 3. Lloyd Palace (Victory Square) 4. Dauerbach Palace (Victory Square) 5. Union Square (Serbian...
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