3236 GERMANY (Saxony) - Moritzburg Castle
Located at about 13km northwest of the Saxon capital, Dresden, Moritzburg Castle is a Baroque palace named after Duke Moritz of Saxony, who had a hunting lodge built there between 1542 and 1546....
View Article3237 UNITED STATES (Ohio) - Cincinnati
Founded in 1788 at the north side of the confluence of the Licking River to the Ohio, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country, rivaling the larger coastal cities in size and...
View Article3238 LATVIA - Riga
With 639,630 inhabitants (2016),Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states, home to one third of Latvia's population and one tenth of the Baltic states' population. The city lies on the Gulf of...
View Article3239 GERMANY - The map of West Germany (1949-1990)
Germany became a nation state in 1871, when most of the German states unified into the Prussian-dominated German Empire. After WWI and the revolution of 1918-1919, the Empire was replaced by the...
View Article1764, 3240 IRELAND (Leinster) - Temple Bar Pub in Dublin
1764 The Temple Bar (1)Posted on 23.07.2015, 10.01.2018Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, promoted as Dublin's cultural quarter. The historic name of the...
View Article3241 ROMANIA - Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 started in the city of Timișoara on 16 December and soon spread throughout the country, ultimately culminating in the show trial and execution of longtime Communist...
View Article3242 GERMANY (Hamburg) - Elbphilharmonie
Located on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River, the Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall) is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world, inaugurated on 11...
View Article2401, 3243 UNITED STATES - John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) and Jacqueline Kennedy...
3243 JFK at Cape Cod.Posted on 24.03.2016, 11.01.2018John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, commonly known as JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, and certainly one of the most important and...
View Article3244 IRELAND - Irish writers
For a comparatively small place, the island of Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to world literature in all its branches, in both the Irish and English languages. The island's most...
View Article3245 ROMANIA (Gorj) - Traditional clothes in Gorj
Oltenia is a historical province and geographical region in southwestern Romania, bounded to the east by the Olt River, south and west of the Danube, and to the north by the Southern Carpathians. It is...
View Article3247 GERMANY (Saarland) - St. Johanner Market Square in Saarbrücken
The heart of Saarbrücken (and its nightlife hub) historic Saint Johanner Market Square (Sankt Johanner Markt) is a long, narrow public square anchored by an ornate fountain designed and built in...
View Article3248 ITALY (Lazio) - Second Postcrossing Meetup in Rome, 2 January 2018 -...
The italian postcrossers wanted to be the first ones this year, so they organized on 2 January the first meetup of this year. They met in Rome, at the Subway Station Piramide (Line B), and after that...
View Article3249 ITALY (Apulia) - Ostuni
Located about 8km from the coast, Ostuni is among the main towns attracting tourists in Apulia, in southern Italy, known also for its high quality olive oil and wine. It is commonly referred to as "the...
View Article3250 FRANCE (Brittany) - A traditional breton farm
The rural architecture of France has a rich variety, because the farms are the expression of the coexistence of several agrarian civilisation, of the variety of natural environments and of types of...
View Article3251 SPAIN (Andalusia) - Salobreña
Located in Granada, on the Costa Tropical,Salobreña claims a history stretching back 6,000 years. The Old Town which sits atop a rocky prominence (Gran Peñón) and is a cluster of whitewashed houses and...
View Article3252 POLAND (Podlaskie) - The Augustów Canal (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)
The Augustów Canal (Kanał Augustowski) is a cross-border canal built in the 19th century in the present-day Podlaskie Voivodeship of northeastern Poland and the Grodno Region of north-western Belarus...
View Article0549, 2030, 3253 IRELAND (Leinster) - Trinity College - part of The Historic...
2030 Dublin - Trinity CollegePosted on 11.03.2013, 13.11.2015, 01.02.2018Probable that Dublin no longer looks as it was presented in Dubliners by Joyce, but certainly that Trinity College, the sole...
View Article3255 FRANCE (Occitania) - The people of Lozère
Located in the region of Occitanie in southern France near the Massif Central, Lozère is the least populated French department, due to its mountainous relief, and to poor soil quality. There is barely...
View Article3256 MYANMAR (Yangon Region) - Karaweik Hall
The Karaweik Hall, also known as Karaweik Palace is one of Yangon's many landmarks. From a distance, it looks like a huge golden barge floating on Kandawgyi Lake, glittering in the sun. The word...
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