Romania

 

Romania Castle

Corvin Castle. Romania

Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle, is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, Romania. It is one of the largest castles in Europe and figures in lists of the Seven Wonders of Romania.

Sent by Monika on 11 Jan, 2021 from Poland

Peleș Castle

Photo Marius Vasiliu

Peleș Castle  is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania. Built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. It was constructed for King Carol I.

Sent by Iulia from Bucharest

 

Sunday Churches

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Painted churches of northern Moldavia, Romania

Sent by Anca on 11 Jul 2016 from Bucovina

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Cologne Cathedral at night

Sent by Burghild on 2 Nov, 2022 from Cologne, Germany 

Book and libraries

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Old bookshop

Photo Francesca Phillips

Sent by Martina on 29 May, 2022 from Schwrinfurt, Germany

 

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Deichman Bjørvika central library, Oslo

Sent by Marit on 30 May, 2022 from Oslo, Norway

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The Illumnated Manuscript 

Sent by Ellen on  28 May, 2022 from Massachusetts, USA

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General Library of University of Coimbra, Portugal

Sent by Ildi on 3 Mar, 2020 from Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania

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The Library of the German Bundestag

Library that serves the Members of the Bundestag (Germany parliament), the parliamentary groups and the Bundestag Administration

Sent by Lorraine on 15 Sep, 2030 from Hirschfeld, Germany

 

Map Monday

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Chiemgau, Germany

Sent by Angela on 8 May, 2016 from Transtein, Germany

Romania

Gift from a postcrosser friend

Murcia, Spain

Gift from a postcrosser friend

 

Mail from Romania

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Bran Castle

Received on 2 Aug, 2020

Sent by Anca (Bucharest, Romania) 

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Bran Castle

Received on 5 March, 2020

Sent by Anca (Rădăuți, Romania)

Bran Castle is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Brașov. It is a national monument and landmark in Transylvania. Commonly known outside Transylvania as Dracula's Castle, it is often referred to as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula. 

Multiview Monday

Germany

Black Forest

Sent by Zoran in Karlsruhe

on 25 Mar, 2020

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,732 km

received on 2 Apr, 2020 

Romania

The Village Museum, Bucharest, Romania

Sent by Daniela in Bucharest

on 23 Jul, 2019

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 2,046 km

received on 3 Aug, 2019 

Portugal

Sent by Ana in Oeiras

 on 9 Mar, 2020

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 3,408 km

received on 23 Mar, 2020 

Greetings from Mühlheim am Main

Sent by Daniel from Mühlheim 

Multiview Monday

Chrudim, Czech Republic

Chrudim is a town in eastern Bohemia, it is the second largest town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.

Sent by my friend on her visit to Czech Republic

 Chełm - Cathedral on Góra Chełmska, Poland

Chełm, is a city in eastern Poland with 63,949 inhabitants (2015). The city is of mostly industrial character, though it also features numerous notable historical monuments and tourist attractions in the Old Town.

Sent by my friend from her trip to Poland

Romania, Painted churches of northern Moldavia, UNESCO World Heritage Site

sent by  Anca-Ioana in Bucovina, Romania

sent on 8 Jul, 2014

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,658 km

Cities

  Breukelen, The Netherlands

Breukelen is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Brooklyn in New York City is named after Breukelen.

Sent by Joyce in Maarssen, Netherlands

on 4 Aug, 2016

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,540 km

Cities -  Le Nord, France

Nord is a department in the far north of France.

It is the country's most populous department. It also contains the metropolitan region of Lille, the fifth-largest urban area in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse. 

Sent by Celine in Maubeuge, France

on 19 May, 2018

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 1,755 km

Sibiu, Roamania

Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania. Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centres of Romania and was designated the European Capital of Culture for the year 2007, along with the city of Luxembourg.

Sent by Danny in Sibiu

on 11 Mar, 2014

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,875 km

Castles and Palaces

Trakai Castle, Lithuania

Trakai Island Castle is an island castle located in Trakai, Lithuania, on an island in Lake Galvė. The construction of the stone castle was begun in the 14th century and major works were completed around 1409. Trakai was one of the main centers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the castle held great strategic importance. 

Sent by Ilona in Taurage, Lithuania

 on 11 Jun, 2015

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 826 km

Bran Castle, Romania

Commonly known outside Romania as Dracula's Castle.  The castle is now a museum dedicated to displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie.

Sent by Iulia in Bucharest

Direct swap 12 Oct, 2015

Via Garibaldi, Palazzo Tursi, Genoa, Italy

Palazzo Tursi is one 42 palaces of "The Palazzi dei Rolli" UNESCO WHS and also Genoa city hall.

Sent by Irene in Genoa

 on 20 Jan, 2018

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 2,201 km

Greetings From...

 Greetings from Sweden

FB-travel swap

sent by Silpa, Finland

 Greetings from Poland

Sent by Grazyna in Rypin, Poland

on 11 Apr, 2019

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 1,079 km

Greetings from Romania

Sent by Emil in Bucharest, Romania

 on 12 Feb, 2019

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 2,046 km

Romania- Bucovina

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Romania -Bukovina
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 2,046 km
sent by Luca from Bucharest

Bukovina is a historical region in Central Europe, divided between modern-day Romania and Ukraine, located on the northern slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians and the adjoining plains.

Bucovina is known for its folk costumes, furniture, pottery, tapestries and carpets. The craftsmen continue the traditions inherited from their past generations. Masks, traditional costumes, painted eggs, carved wooden objects, embroideries and carpets are still elements of daily life.

UNESCO World Heritage

Among the most picturesque treasures of Romania are the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina. Their painted exterior walls are decorated with elaborate 15th and 16th century frescoes featuring portraits of saints and prophets, scenes from the life of Jesus, images of angels and demons, and heaven and hell.

Work

Logger, Romania
Winter Logging with the Oxen, Bucovina

From Anca

Goat shepherd, Greece

My collection

Gardener, Japan

Patently raking patterns in the rock garden of Ryoan- ji Temple, Kyoto

From Mayumi

Knights and Cavallers

Turku Castle, Finland   

Tournament,  Medieval Fight Weekend

Bran Castle ("Dracula's Castle"  ), Romania

From Nadiut in Brasov, Roamania

 Festes de Sant Joan -  A Unique Summer Solstice Festival in Spain on a Small Historic Island of Menorca.

 My favorite knight, our son :)

Calimani National Park, Romania

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Elena lähetti tämän harvinaisen kortin Calimanin Kansallispuistossa Romaniassa, kortti ei ole koskaan ollut myynnissä, sen sai vain lahjaksi :)

Elena sent this rare postcard of Caliman National Park in Romania.
I think she really has a dream job in a dream place.
Watch and dream!

 

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