Volcanoes

Puebla, Mexico

The Popocatepetl volcanoe in eruption on December 18, 2000

Photo Raul Gil

Sent by Carlos on 10 Aug, 2014 from El Paso

Mt Fuji crater, Japan 

Sent by Mana on 22 Oct, 2015 from Tokyo

 

Five random cities

 

National Palace of Sintra, Portugal

The Palace of Sintra, also called Town Palace, is located in the town of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It is a present-day historic house museum.

It is the best-preserved medieval royal residence in Portugal, being inhabited more or less continuously from at least the early 15th century to the late 19th century. It is a significant tourist attraction, and is part of the cultural landscape of Sintra, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Wikipedia)

Received on 26 May, 2017

Sent by my friens Soili, Portugal

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Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Between the first half of 1700s and early 1920s it served as a prison for political criminals. It has been a museum since 1924. (Wikipedia)

Received on 13 Sep, 2017

Sent by Irina (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

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Vladivostok, Russia

Campus and seafront of Far Easern Federal University (FEFU) 

Received on 1 Dec, 2017

Sent by Sergey (Vladivostok)

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Plaza Gonzalez Arratia, Toluca, Mexico

Received on 15 Aug, 2014

Sent by Fernanda (Toluca)

Men Monday

Postman from Moscow

Greetings from Moscow!

Sent by Natalya in Minsk, Belarus

on 9 Jul, 2018

travel time 35 days

distance travelled 1,028 km

 received on 13 Aug, 2018

Don McCullin b. 1935

Sent by Andrea in  Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

 on 8 Mar, 2020

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 1,513 km

 received on 12 Mar, 2020

 Donald McCullin ( 1935), is a British photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the underside of society, and his photographs have depicted the unemployed, downtrodden and the impoverished.

 Carlos Santana

Sent by Wilhelm in Kornwestheim, Germany

 on 7 Mar, 2020

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,725 km

received on 13 Mar, 2020

Carlos Santana  (born  1947) is a Mexican and American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz.

Famous Irish writers

Sent by Ewa in Dunmanway, Ireland

on 20 Jan, 2019

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 2,201 km

received on 31 Jan, 2019 

Latin America Art

" Kitten on the Head" 1973
 Graciela Rodo Boulanger  (1935-)  Bolivian painter.
Graciela Rodo is noted for her artworks featuring stylized renderings of children.
Sent to my son on his birthday in 1983

Woman Undressed
Fernando Botero, Colombian painter. 
My collection

Little brothers, 1950
Olga Costa ( 1913-1993)  Mexican painter
My collection

Working

Knife Grinder. 1635
Antonio de Buga (1602-1648) Spain
Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Direct swap from Nikolay, St. Petersburg, Russia

Antonio de Puga (Orense,1602 – 1648 Madrid) was a Spanish born Baroque painter.

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A detail from the north wall of Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry, 1932
Diego Rivera (1886 –  1957)
travel time 14 days
distance travelled 6,617 km.
sent by Amanda from Detroit, Michigan,

Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican mural movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in, among other places, Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.

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The calendar page for June of Les Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
( The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry /Juni. )  1412-1416
 The Limbourg Brothers
travel time 14 days
distance travelled 1,559 km
sent by Helmie from Gemert

The Limbourg brothers ( 1385 – 1416) were famous Dutch miniature painters (Herman, Paul, and Johan) from the city of Nijmegen. They were active in the early 15th century in France and Burgundy, working in the style known as International Gothic. They created what is certainly the best-known late medieval illuminated manuscript, the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.

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Rest from Work. 1890
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
travel time 14 days
distance travelled 2,500 km
sent by Brigitte, Toulouse, France

The Mayan World

The Mayan World, Yucatan, Mexico

Situated between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan Peninsula is comprised of the Mexican states of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo. With world-famous archaeological sites, enchanting colonial cities, romantic haciendas and resorts, beautiful beaches and a distinct cuisine, the Yucatan Peninsula is a great vacation destination.

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travel time 19 days

distance travelled 1,330 km

sent by Marina in Ryazan, Russia

Have a nice Friday with ...
Mayan music

F is for Frida

 Frida Kahlo by Toni Frissell in 1937.

Frida Kahlo is wearing a long, tiered cotton skirt, teamed with a high-necked, ruffled blouse. The photographer has crouched at ground level to take the shot. That portrait appeared in American Vogue in 1937. Kahlo is  the artist whose own image is instantly recognisable all over the world, who wasn’t in showbusiness (she wasn’t an actress, singer or dancer) managed to become one of the most iconic women of the 20th century, next to Marilyn Monroe and  Jackie Kennedy.

Postcard sent by cody
 MX- 39352
travel time 54 days
distance travelled 9,496 km
received on 14 Jul, 2016

Flowers in art

 Diego Rivera. Calla Lily Vendor, 1943.

My collection

 Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890. Irises

Saint-Remy, May 1890

From Igor, Russia

Claude Monet . "The artist's garden at Giverny"

From Debbie, Hong Kong

Otto Vaeltl  (1885 - 1977) Blue and white lilacs

From Michelle, Germany 

Josef Launer: Bouquet of Flowers with a Butterfly, Middle of the 19th century, Austria

From Elizaveta, Russia

Chichen Itza

Chichén Itzá is a large Mayan city famous for a large, pyramid temple built by the Maya civilization. It is on the Yucatán Peninsula, about 120 km to the east of Mérida. The temple, called Castillo, is about 1 km in diameter. There are many temples and pyramids at Chichen Itza.  

 Chichén Itzá on kuuluisin ja parhaiten kunnostettu esikolumbiaaninen arkeologinen alue ja historiallinen kaupunki Jukatanin niemimaalla Meksikossa. Sen rakentamisen aloittivat mayat. Chichén Itzá kuuluu Unescon maailmanperintöluetteloon. Vuonne 2007 Chichen Itza valittiin maailman uuden seitsemän ihmeen joukkoon globaalin yleisöäänestyksen perusteella. Alue on Meksikon toiseksi eniten vierailtu arkeologinen kohde. 

Great add for my UNESCO World Heritage collection. Thank you Heather!

Distance: 7,047 km
Travel time: 12 days

Frida and Diego

Frida Kahlo's self portrait "Diego on My Mind"

Private swap from Diego, Mexico

Sef portrait dedicated to Dr. Eloesser, 1940

 From Rosa, Mexico

  

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter who is best known for her self-portraits. Kahlo had a volatile marriage with Diego Rivera. She suffered lifelong health problems, many caused by a traffic accident she survived as a teenager. Recovering from her injuries isolated her from other people, and this isolation influenced her works, many of which are self-portraits of one sort or another.

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Äitiys - Maternity 1916

My old Unicef collection

 Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter and the husband of Frida Kahlo. His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art.

 Rivera is best know about his political works, this painting however is from his cubist period in the early 1900s. Rivera abandoned cubism not long after this painting was made.