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3071 INDIA (Gujarat) - Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat...
Located in the town of Patan in Gujarat, on the banks of Saraswati River, Rani-ki-vav (Queen's step well) is an intricately constructed stepwell built as a memorial to an 11th century AD king Bhimdev...
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3072 BELGIUM (Brussels) - Postcrossing Meetup, Brussels, 20 May 2017
On the postcard's background is the map of Brussels Metro, which covers a total of 40 km, and consists of four conventional lines (M1, M2, M5, and M6) and three premetro lines. It dates back to 1976,...
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3073 TURKEY (Central Anatolia Region) - Mevlevi Sema ceremony (UNESCO ICH)
The Mevlevi is an ascetic Sufi order founded in 1273 by the followers of the Persian poet and Islamic theologianJalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi in Konya (capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate),...
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3075 VIETNAM (Mekong Delta) - Đồng Tháp girls with lotus flowers
Vietnam has a strong affinity with the water. Actually, Vietnamese civilization sprung out of the Red River delta and Mekong delta where wet-rice cultivation along with fishing and rice planting was...
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3076 ROMANIA - Stephen the Great
Stephen III (1438-1439, Borzeşti - July 2, 1504, Suceava), known as Stephen the Great, was the voivode (or prince) of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504, for 47 years, the longest reign of the Medieval...
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3077 GEORGIA - The map and the flag of the country
Located in the Caucasus region, at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, in the Caucasus region, Georgia is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by...
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3078 GERMANY (North Rhine-Westphalia) - Schwanentor Bridge in Duisburg
Located in the western part of the Ruhr Area, at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhrrivers,Duisburghasthe world's biggest inland harbor. Actually it is officially regarded as a seaport, because...
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3079 INDIA (Karnataka) - Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (UNESCO WHS)
3079 Pattadakal - Galaganatha Temple; Shrine of Jambulinga; Sangameswarar Temple.Pattadakal is a village located on the left bank of the Malaprabha River in Bagalakote, featuring 7th and 8th-century...
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3080 UNITED KINGDOM (England) - Osmington White Horse
The Osmington White Horse is a hill figure cut into the limestone of Osmington Hill just north of Weymouth in 1808. The figure is of King George III riding his horse and can be seen for miles around....
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0008, 1433, 2655, 2793, 2831, 2939, 3081 THAILAND (Bangkok) - The Grand...
0008 The Grand Palace in BangkokPosted on 12.10.2011, 01.02.2015, 19.07.2016, 03.10.2016, 19.10.2016, 29.01.2017, 07.06.2017Undoubtedly, Bangkok's history is intimately linked to the Chakri dynasty,...
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3082 CZECH REPUBLIC - The map and the flag of the country
Located in Central Europe, between Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland, the Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, includes the historical territories of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia. The...
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3083 GERMANY (North Rhine-Westphalia) - Rheine
3083 Rheine: background - Kloster Bentlage; 1. Saline Gottesgabe; 2. Ems river; 3. Dreiklang Bentlage; 4. NaturZoo. Rheine is a town located on the river Ems, at about 40km north of Münster, not far...
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3084 INDIA (Madhya Pradesh) - Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (UNESCO WHS)
On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi comprises a group of Buddhist monuments (monolithic pillars, palaces, temples and monasteries) all in different states of...
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3085 INDIA / CHINA - Joint India (Chennai) - China (Ningbo) International...
On May 7th, 2017 took place this meetup, actually two meetups which holded in same day, at the same hour (China is 3 hours earlier than India) in Chennai (India) and Ningbo (China). Chennai (formerly...
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3086 HUNGARY (Bács-Kiskun) - The traditional costume of Kalocsa region
The Kalocsa is a marshy but highly productive district, on the left bank of the Danube River, in south central Hungary, and forms part of the cultural area known as the Great Hungarian Plain. Although...
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3087 ROMANIA (Bucharest) - Postcrossing Meetup, Bucharest, 11 June 2017
I don't know why the Romanian postcrossers chose Betty Boop to mark the meeting that took place on 11 June in Bucharest, but I know that, with no doubt, this postcard continues successfully the...
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3088 ROMANIA - Michael the Brave
Michael the Brave (1558, Târgul de Floci - August 9, 1601, Câmpia Turzii) was the Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ruler of Transylvania (1599-1600). He is one of...
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3089 FRANCE (Centre-Val de Loire) - Chateau de Boisrenault in Buzançais
The Château du Boisrenault, located 12 kilometers from the commune Buzançais, in the Indre department in central France, was built from 1882 to 1896 in Renaissance style by Huard de Boisrenault, who...
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0136, 3090 SLOVAKIA - The map and the flag of the country
3090 The flag of Slovakia, with its map and coat of arms (from the series Flags of the World)Posted on 03.03.2012, 18.06.2017Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by the Czech...
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3091 ROMANIA (Cluj) - The Pharmacy History Collection from National Museum of...
The National Museum of Transylvanian History is a history and archaeology museum in Cluj-Napoca, and features a permanent exhibition, as well as temporary exhibitions, and Pharmacy History Collection...
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