Malta, Mdina, Inside Main Gate

Inside Main Gate - Mdina

This was postmarked from Malta in 2023.

 

Finland - Old Rauma Courtyard, An Unesco Site

Vanhan Rauman pihan - kuvasi Lida Mantere

(Old Rauma Courtyard (Unesco Site) - Photo by Lida Mantere) 

The sender writes about shows being cancelled and changed because of Covid.

This postcard was mailed from Finland in 2021. 

 

Peru - Sacsayhuaman, Inca Ruins

Inca Ruins of Sacashuaman (Sacsayhuaman), Cuzco, (Cusco) Peru

This postcard was mailed via airmail, but unfortunately the stamp is missing. 

 

Nepal - Kathmandu, Swayambhunath

This was postmarked in 2018 from Nepal. 

 

China - Beijing, Bronze Ox at The Summer Palace

Bronze Ox from China

The sender  writes:

This Bronze Ox has oracle words engraved on it.  It is in the Summer Palace which is the most famous garden in Beijing China.

This postcard was postmarked in 2009.

Japan - Hiroshima, Genbaku-Dome

Genbaku-Dome - On 6th Aug. 1945 the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
a wold heritage site by UNESCO

This postcard is from 2009.

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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly called the Genbaku Dome, is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan.  It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The ruin of the hall serves as a memorial to the people who were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

Finland - Helsinki, Suomenlinna, Sveaborg, Two Postcards

Suomenlinna, Sveaborg

The sender writes:
This is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.  I visited this island on my first day in Helsinki.

This postcard is also a sticker!
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Suomenlinna, Sveaborg

Sarkan linnoitus 1750-luvulta
Fastningen pa Langorn fran 1750-talet
Fortress of Sarkka from 1750's

The sender writes:
I got to tour this island on my first day to Finland!
It is an UNESCO site.  :-)

Both of these postcards are from 2017.

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Suomenlinna (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), literal translation in Finnish is Castle of Finland and in Swedish Castle of Sweden is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands and is part of the city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular with tourists and locals, who enjoy it as a picturesque picnic site.

Spain - Camino de Santiago with Map

Camino de Santiago: (The Way of St. James, is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried)

Candanchu
San Juan De La Pena
Javier
Bergos
Leon
Astorga
Ponferrada
El Bierzo
Lugo
Santiano

Santiago de Compostela (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)

This postcard is from 2009. 

Puerto Rico - San Juan, Castillo San Cristobal - Three Postcards

Puerto Rico

Castillo San Cristobal

San Juan

National Historic Site

Castillo San Cristobal covers 27 acres and is the largest fortification ever built by the Spanish in the New World.  It's construction began in 1634, took approximately 150 years to complete, and was considered a masterpiece of 18th century military engineering.

Photo by J. Scott Graham

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Fort San Cristobal

San Jan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico

Projecting strength and power, Fort San Cristobal dates back to the early 17th century.  It defended San Jan from landward attacks and is the largest Spanish fortification in the New World

Photo: Richard Spenceley

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San Juan
National Historic Site

The troop quarters, finished in 1733, consisted of eight large vaulted rooms which housed soldiers stationed to guard Castillo San Cristobal.
Here, Spanish soldiers could rest and recreate with a game of dominos or cards after a hard day of work.  Just off the main plaza, one of these barracks has been refurbished to look as it did during the late 18th century, complete with beds, muskets, and uniforms.

Photo by J. Scott Graham

All three postcards are from 2014.

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Castillo San Cristóbal, also known as Fort San Cristobal was built by Spain to protect against land based attacks on the city of San Juan. When it was finished in 1783, it covered about 27 acres of land and basically wrapped around the city of San Juan. Entry to the city was sealed by San Cristóbal's double gates. After close to one hundred years of relative peace in the area, part of the fortification (about a third) was demolished in 1897 to help ease the flow of traffic in and out of the walled city.

In 1983 This San Juan National Historic Site was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations.

Slovenia - Kras Multiview with Caves

Slovenija
Kras

Kras Karst Slovenija

Predjamski grad in bogastvo kraskega sveta
The Predjama castle and the marvelous subterranean world of the Karst

Foto: Arne Hodalic, Mirko Bijuklic
2017

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Škocjan Caves, found on the Karst Plateau, is a cave system in Slovenia. The area was entered on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural world heritage sites in 1986.

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mostar at Night

Mostar

Stari most
old bridge
alte Brucke
vieux pont
ponte vecchio
1954

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Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva. The Old Bridge (An UNESCO site) was built by the Ottomans in the 16th century and is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most recognizable landmarks.

Vatican City - St. Peters Square, Roma

Roma
Piazza San Pietro
Place Saint-Pierre
St. Peter's Square
Der Petersplatz
2009

Vatican City - St. Peter's Square

Roma
Piazza S. Pietro
St. Peter's Square
Petersplatz
Place Saint-Pierre
Plaza S. Pedro
2009

Spain - Rodalquilar Beach, Cabo de Gata Natural Park

Cabo De Gata
El Playazo de Rodalquilar

Parque Natural Cabo De Gata-Nijar

Foto: Laia Moreno
2016

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Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is in the south-eastern corner of Spain.

Offshore are there are numerous tiny rocky islands and underwater you will find extensive coral reefs teeming with marine life.

In 1997 it was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Suriname - Paramaribo, Dear Doctor, Pentothal Advertisement

Surinam - Governments Plein, Paramaribo
Photo Courtesy Alcoa Steamship Co.

Dear Doctor:
Here, in tropical Surinam, doctors want and need an intravenous anesthetic that will assure an uncomplicated, swift recovery.  They find it in PENTOTHAL - - - agent of choice the world over,
Abbott

This is an advertising postcard that is postmarked from Surinam, but I can not make out a date.  The stamp is from 1953.

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Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002.

Italy - Amalfi Coast

Amalfi Coast, Italy
UNESCO World heritage

Photos: Brenda Perez
2015

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The Amalfi Coast is a stretch of coastline on the southern coast of the Salerno Gulf in the Province of Salerno in Southern Italy.  It is a popular tourist destination for the region and Italy as a whole, attracting thousands of tourists annually.

In 1997, the Amalfi Coast was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a cultural landscape.

Albania - Berati

Berati
Albania

Lagjja Mangalem Naten
Mangled Quarter by Night
2016

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Berat is a city and a municipality located in south-central Albania, and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. In July 2008, the old town (Mangalem district) was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

Tunisia - El Haouaria, Kerkouane

El Haouaria
Kerkouane

Tunisie
2011

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UNESCO declared the Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis a World Heritage Site in 1985, citing among other things that the remains constitute the only example of a Phoenicio-Punic city to have survived.  (The Punics were a people from Ancient Carthage.)

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El Haouaria is a coastal town and commune in Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,273.

India - Mahabalipuram, Madras, Shore Temple

Mahabalipuram
Madras

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 In 1969, Madras State was renamed to Tamil Nadu, meaning "Tamil country".

Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

The Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Germany - Wurzburg Residence and Square

International Postcard Week
October 2-8, 2016
Wurzburg Residence and Square, Wurzburg, Germany

This postcard was made by Demaris Swint.

The back reads:
Hi,
This summer my daughter and I spent three weeks in Europe.  This was one of our destinations.  The Wurzburg Residence, Germany, A UNESCO world heritage site.  Yes, it is I in the photo.

Happy International Postcard Week,
Demaris