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1383 UGANDA - Four animals from the country
Located on the East African plateau, almost completely within the Nile basin, Uganda has an average altitude of about 1,100m, its slopes descending to the Sudanese Plain to the north, while its centre...
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1384 MEXICO (Michoacán) - Dance of The Old Men in Janitzio - Indigenous...
The town of Janitzio (which means "where it rains") is located atop the hill of the Isla de Janitzio, the main island of Lake Pátzcuaro (on the background of the postcard), whereof the natives believe...
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1385 ITALY (Veneto) - Teatro La Fenice in Venice
Teatro La Fenice (The Phoenix) is an opera house in Venice, one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" as well as those in Europe. Especially in the 19th century,...
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1386 CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE - A sandpainting postcard
Handmade postcards aren't among my favorites, but this one received from Brazzaville is an exception, especially that it comes from a country difficult to access and it was achieved by a special...
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0344, 1387 ROMANIA (Suceava) - The Old and Lonely Apple-tree
Posted on 27.09.2012, and completed on 31.12.2014The idea behind my collection is to create a meaningful and (possibly) coherent image of each country, which to contain the people (with their legacies,...
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1388 UNITED STATES (Arkansas) - The map of the State of Arkansas
Located in the Southern region of the United States, between Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi, nicknamed in the past the Land of Opportunity, Arkansas is often...
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0745, 1346, 1389 INDONESIA (Western New Guinea) - Dani Tribe in Baliem Valley
Posted on 16.07.2013, 30.11.2014, and 01.01.2015The 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...
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1390 PORTUGAL (Faro) - Castle of Silves
Situated on a hill above the Arade River, navigable in historical times, and bordered to the south by the Atlantic Ocean, Silves was possibly founded during the times of Roman domination. Former...
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1391 UNITED STATES (Alabama) - The map and the flag of the State of Alabama
Bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west, Alabama (nicknamed The Cotton State) took its name from the Alabama...
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1392 TAIWAN - Queen's Head in Yehliu Geopark
Located in the town of Wanli, New Taipei, Yehliu Promontory stretches approximately 1,700m into the ocean and was formed as geological forces pushed Datun Mountain out of the sea. A distinctive...
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1393 INDONESIA (Lesser Sunda Islands) - Naga Banda in Ngaben Ceremony
Ngaben, or Cremation Ceremony, is a Hindu funeral ritual performed in Bali to send the deceased to the next life. The body of the deceased is placed as if sleeping, and the family continues to treat...
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1394 UNITED STATES (New York) - Esopus Meadows Lighthouse
Nicknamed Maid of the Meadows, and located on the Hudson River, near the town Esopus (which took its name from the native Esopus tribe), Esopus Meadows Lighthouse stands on the west side of the...
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1395 SWEDEN (Stockholm) - The old town hall in Sigtuna
Located not far to Stockholm, at the bay Skarven, Sigtuna is a locality with only approximately 8,500 inhabitants, but, although less significant today, it has an important place in Sweden's early...
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1396 UNITED KINGDOM (British Antarctic Territory) - Port Lockroy Historic Site
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the north-western shore of Wiencke Island in Palmer Archipelago, a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost part of...
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1397-1401 UNITED STATES (Illinois) - Chicago Skyscrapers
In the 1770s, the Haitian-born Jean Baptiste Point du Sable established a fur trading post in the area which later became known as Fort Dearborn, along the bank of the Chicago River. In 1837, the...
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1402 ZIMBABWE - Wooden Carvings
Zimbabwe is an ethnically diverse country, but the Shona, the Bantu people considered the oldest in the region (are believed to be the legendary guardians of King Solomon's mines) holds an overwhelming...
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1404 BANGLADESH - Mahansthangarh and its Environs (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)
Located 11km north of Bogra, Mahasthangarh, the ancient capital of Pundravardhana, home of the Pundra, a group of people not speaking languages of the Indo-European family, is one of the earliest urban...
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1405 GHANA - The map of Ghana
Bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south, Ghana (which means "Warrior King") was the first African...
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1406 ROMANIA (Maramureş) - Vaser Valley Mocăniţa
A Mocăniţă is a narrow gauge railway in Romania (most notably in mountainous areas in Maramureş, Transylvania, and Bukovina), and the locomotives operating on them. The word mocăniţă is a term of...
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1407 UNITED STATES (Washington) - The map of the State of Washington
Washington is that State located in the upper left corner on the map of the United States, bordered by Oregon on the south, Idaho on the east, the Canadian province of British Columbia on the north,...
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