Korttikuja 6 / Card Alley 6: tammikuuta 2023

tiistai 31. tammikuuta 2023

Winter magic

Winter Magic FB-swap

Winter Magic

FB-swap. Photo Terho Pelkonen

Winter Magic

FB-swap.

maanantai 30. tammikuuta 2023

China

Snow on the bridge

Hangzhou Broken Bridge, China

Lingering snow on the Broken Bridge

Sent by on 17 Jul 2016 from Hangzhou.

China, "Stone Elephant Walk", These impressive stone statues line the entrance to one of Nanjing’s UNESCO World Heritage Sights, the Ming Tombs, the resting place of the first emperor and empress of the Ming Dynasty.

Sent by Yaozheng on 3 May, 2015 from Nanjing, China

GuGong, Forbidden City, China. UNESCO World Heritage

Sent by Liuija on 6 Jan, 2021 from Chongqing, China

Great Wall of China in sunrise

Sent by Gin on 13 Mar, 2021 from Foshang, China

, Great

sunnuntai 29. tammikuuta 2023

Sunday Church

Church of Assumption of Virgin Mary

Menetes, Karpathos, Greece

The church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in the area Menetes was constructed in the 19th century. This is the most famous church of Karpathos and gives amazing view to the surrounding region. For its construction, columns from the ancient site of Arkassa were used. The church celebrates in honor of the Virgin Mary every august 15th.

lauantai 28. tammikuuta 2023

Smile on Saturday

Warm and comfortable in snowfall

Illustration Lia Selina, Russian illustrator

Sent by Edyta from Alsace, France

perjantai 27. tammikuuta 2023

Friday fairy tale

Alice and white rabbit

Illustration Alexandra Novikova, Russian

Sent by Ledon on Mar 3, 2022 from Moscow

My last card from Russia, after that no mail between Finland and Russia.

torstai 26. tammikuuta 2023

Casa de Colón (Columbus House)

Historic City-Centre of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

UNESCO tentative

Date of Submission: 27/04/2007

The Casa de Colón is one of Las Palmas most attractive buildings with ornate doorways, beautiful latticed balconies, large courtyards and carved wooden ceilings, representing numerous aspects of the island’s architecture. This palace was the residence of the first governors of the island and it is claimed that Christopher Columbus stayed there in 1492 while one of his ships was repaired, hence the name Casa de Colón (Columbus House).

This charming building was rebuilt in 1777 and since 1952 has housed a museum comprising 13 permanent exhibition rooms, a library and study centre as well as several spaces reserved for temporary activities, such as lectures, seminars and exhibitions. On display are pre-Columbian artefacts, ship models, a replica of a cabin of La Niña, one ship of Columbus’ fleet, navigation instruments, nautical maps and charts, paintings as well as many other artefacts related to voyages made by the famous navigator and the history of the Canaries and their relationship with the Americas.

This house was also the birthplace of the celebrated opera tenor, Alfredo Kraus (1927-99). Of more interest to younger visits will be the pair of parrots in the courtyard, especially as they’re particularly talkative.