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1337, 1338 ROMANIA (Bucharest) - Stavropoleos Church
Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century, when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest. The name is a...
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1339 THAILAND (Loei) - Wat Si Khun Mueang temple in Chiang Khan
Chiang Khan, the capital of the district with the same name in Loei Province (northeastern Thailand), is a small city with only 10,000 inhabitants, located at 580km north of Bangkok. It’s hard to get...
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1340 AUSTRALIA (Tasmania) - West Coast Wilderness Railway
The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway between Queenstown and Regatta Point, Strahan, in Tasmania, now operating as a tourist...
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1341 UNITED STATES (Alaska) - The celebration of 25 years of Alaska's statehood
When a massive, snow-covered terrain, known as Alaska, was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million dollars in 1867, no one imagined the great contributions this icy land would make to America. Indeed,...
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1342 JAPAN (Kyūshū) - Mount Aso
Mount Aso, located in Aso Kujū National Park, is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world, with one of the largest calderas (25km north-south and 18km east-west),...
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1343 BOTSWANA - Moths
This postcard depicts a shaped miniature sheet comprising a series of stamps issued on July 19, 2000, Moths of Botswana:Mopane moth / Gonimbrasia belina (35t) - is a moth of the Saturniidae family,...
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1344 VANUATU (Tanna Island) - Yasur Volcano
"Opened in May 2005, the postal outlet on Tanna Island's Mt Yasur is recognised as the only post box in the world on a live volcano. Known as Volcano Post, this follows the famous Underwater Post...
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1345 BAHAMAS - Nassau beaches
I wrote a few words about Nassauhere, but besides the old town, the capital of Bahamas offers many beautiful hotels and resorts, all surrounded by tropical paradise and endless sunshine. It has a...
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0745, 1346 INDONESIA (Western New Guinea) - Dani Tribe in Baliem Valley
Posted on 16.07.2013, and 30.11.2014The Dani (also spelled Ndani) are a people from the Grand Valley of the Baliem River, a broad, temperate plain lying 1.800m above the tropical jungles of Papua, of...
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1347 INDONESIA (Lesser Sunda Islands) - Cultural Landscape of Bali Province:...
Subak is the name of water management (irrigation) system for paddy fields on Bali island, which was developed more than 1,000 years ago. For Balinese, irrigation isn't simply providing water for the...
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1348-1351 ROMANIA (Timiş) - Timişoara
TIMIŞOARA: House with Lions (Union Square), Orthodox MetropolitanCathedral (Victoria Square), Lloyd Palace (Victory Square), DauerbachPalace (Victory Square), Union Square (Serbian Orthodox Episcopal...
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1352 INDIA (National Capital Territory of Delhi) - Qutb Minar and its...
Located in the middle of the eastern part of Lalkot, the first of the seven cities of Delhi, established in 1060, the tower of Qutb Minar is 72.5m high, tapering from 2.75m in diameter at its peak to...
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1353 SOUTH KOREA (Seoul) - Jongmyo Shrine (UNESCO WHS) and Royal ancestral...
Jongmyo is a Confucian shrine dedicated to the perpetuation of memorial services for the deceased kings and queens of the Korean Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), a symbolic structure that conveys the...
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1354 INDIA (National Capital Territory of Delhi) - Humayun's Tomb (UNESCO WHS)
This tomb of the Mughal EmperorHumayun is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, and inspired several major architectural innovations,...
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1355 UNITED STATES (Ohio) - The map and the flag of State of Ohio
Located between Lake Erie and Ohio River, and having as neighbors Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ontario (Canada), Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia, Ohio links the Northeast of the United States to the...
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1356 RUSSIA (Pskov Oblast) - Great Pskov (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)
Located on the Velikaya River, about 20km east from the Estonian border, Pskov is one of the oldest cities in Russia, its earliest mention coming from 903, when Igor of Kiev married a local lady, St....
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1357 ITALY (Lazio) - Via della Luce in Rome
Via della Luce (the Way of Light) is a street in the Trastevere neighborhood in Rome, which took its name from the church of Santa Maria della Luce (Saint Mary of the Light). It was previously named...
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1358 UNITED STATES (Michigan) - Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light
Located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named, Grand Haven is a little town with only about 10,000 inhabitants, founded by French in the 18th...
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1359 UNITED STATES (Wisconsin) - The map and the flag of State of Wisconsin
Bordered by the Montreal River, Lake Superior and Michigan to the north, by Lake Michigan to the east, by Illinois to the south, by Iowa to the southwest, and by Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin...
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1360 GERMANY (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) - Ludwigslust Palace
Located at 40km south of Schwerin, Ludwigslust is a former royal residential town, known for its rich heritage, especially the famed Ludwigslust Palace, that is also called Versailles of the North. It...
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