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0205, 1476 RUSSIA (Altai Republic) - Golden Mountains of Altai (UNESCO WHS)
0205 - The Argamdzi River in Ukok Quiet ZonePosted on 13.05.2012, and 05.03.2015In nowadays, the specially protected territories and natural complexes with an area of almost 22% of the whole Republic's...
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1477 CHAD (Ennedi) - Lakes of Ounianga - Lake Téli (UNESCO WHS)
Lakes of Ounianga are a series of 18 interconnected lakes in the Sahara Desert, in North-Eastern Chad, occupying a basin in the mountains of West Tibesti and Ennedi East. It constitutes an exceptional...
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1244, 1478 BRUNEI - Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque
1244 - Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin MosquePosted on 24.09.2014 and 07.03.2015Built on an artificial lagoon on the banks of the river Brunei, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque dominates not only so-called...
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1479 UNITED STATES (Virginia) - The map of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Bordered by Maryland and Washington, D.C. to the north and east; by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, by North Carolina and Tennessee to the south, Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" due to its...
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1480-1482 ROMANIA (Prahova) - Peleş Castle
1480 - Peleş Castle seen from helicopterIn 1866, just months after he ascended the throne of Romanian Principalities (formed by only 7 years, by the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia, then still...
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1483 UNITED KINGDOM (Bermuda) - Heydon Trust Chapel
In western Sandys parish is a private park, a beautiful property administered by the Heydon Trust. This 43 acres of lush gardens is one of the largest parks in Bermuda and also has 10 old buildings in...
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1484 CAPE VERDE - The coast at sunset
Tourism in Cape Verde, started in the 1970s on the island Sal and increased slowly in the 1980s and 1990s. The number of tourists increased from approximately 45,000 in 1997 to more than 552,144 in...
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1485 THAILAND (Bangkok) - The Royal Barge Chanting Ceremony
The Royal Barge Chanting Ceremony Narai Song Suban Ratchakan Thi KaoThe Royal Barge Procession is a ceremony of both religious and royal significance which has been taking place for nearly 700 years....
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1487 ABKHAZIA - Pitsunda, the kingdom of the sea and pines
Located in South Caucasus, on the north shore of the Black Sea, on the western end of Georgia, Abkhazia has a varied topography, from the ranges from the lowlands around the sea to the high peaks of...
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1012, 1062, 1488 UNITED STATES (Texas) - The map and the flag of State of Texas
1012 - The map and the flag of State of Texas Posted on 23.02.2014, 22.04.2014, and 15.03.2015Located in the Gulf of Mexico, at the border with Mexico, between New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and...
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1489 TAJIKISTAN (Sughd Region) - Iskanderkul
Iskandar or Eskandar is the Persian version of the name Alexander, after Alexander the Great. It is used as a male first name in Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia, where are also toponyms with...
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1490 NORTH KOREA - Propaganda
North Korea it’s a dictatorship of the most extreme kind, a cult of personality beyond anything Stalin or Mao could have imagined, a country as closed off to the world and as secretive as they come,...
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1491 MEXICO - A little Mayan girl
The overarching term "Maya" is a collective designation to include the native peoples in southern Mexico and northern Central America that share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage. In...
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1492 ROMANIA (Constanţa) - The Barque Mircea
Throughout history, the Romanians didn't have to much to do with the seas and oceans of the world, so they haven't developed special qualities of navigators and explorers as other peoples, such as the...
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1493 COOK ISLANDS - Aitutaki, the jewel of the Cook Islands
Aitutaki (also known as Araura, Ararau and Utataki) is one of the Cook Islands, an island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. Located north of the island of...
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1494 - ISLE OF MAN - Niarbyl
Niarbyl, which means "the tail" in Manx for the way it extends into the Irish Sea, is a settlement along the southwest coast of Isle of Man (a self-governing British Crown dependency located in the...
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1495 SENEGAL - Flower-woman in front of Kermel Market in Dakar
As in most West African countries, Senegal has a wide variety of ethnic groups, so it's difficult (for me) to identify the one to which belongs the woman shown in the postcard. Anyway, she is a flower...
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1496 MOLDOVA (Chişinău) - National Museum of History of Moldova
Located in the historical center of Chişinău, the National Museum of History of Moldova owns 322,172 items, the diversity of which covers the history of Moldavia over the centuries, from prehistoric...
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1497 MALI (Mopti) - Cliff of Bandiagara, Land of the Dogons (UNESCO WHS)
The Cliff of Bandiagara is a vast cultural landscape, which includes 289 villages scattered between the three natural regions: sandstone plateau, escarpment, plains (more than two-thirds of the listed...
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1498 UNITED STATES (Arizona) - The map of State of Arizona
Bordered by New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and having one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado, Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be...
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