Italy

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IT-761062. Bergamo, Upper town, View from San Vigilio

UNESCO WHS

Sent by Bogdan from Biella, Italy 

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Italy, Verona, General view

Sent by Katber from Berlin,Germany

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The Colosseum, the Great Amphitheatre: Historic Centre of Rome

Unesco World Heritage Site 

Sent by Elke from Germany 

 

Mailbox today

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Regensburg, Germany

UNESCO World Heritage,  Regensburgg old city

Sent by Sandy 

 

Sunday sanctuary

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Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary,Peru 

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Diana from Germany 

Monastery

 

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The Monastery of Christ is a monastery in Tomar, Portugal. It was originally built in the 12th century. The monastery was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983.

Sent by Sara from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

Greetings from Canada

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Gros Morne National Park

Unesco World Heritage Site 

Sent by Noah from South Harbor, Canada 

 

Aqueduct

 

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Chirk Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal. Wales. UNESCO WHS

Sent by Susan from Thertford, 

Japan Winter

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Shirakawa-go

 (Shirakawa Village) is a Japanese mountain settlement in what was once considered a wild and unexplored region. UNESCO WHS'

Sent by Susan from Tokyo

Buildings

Louisiana, The Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge

Sent by Mike on 13 Oct, 2014 from From Mike, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A.

The Royal Palace, History Museum,  Wrocław, Poland

Sent by Marta on 20 Jul, 2014 from  Suchy Las (Poznań), Poland

Garden and castle in Kromeriz, Czech Republic 

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Emil on 5 Feb, 2021

The Library of Columbia University, New York.

Sent by Brad on 17 Dec, 2018 from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Alte Brauerei Halle 

Germany

Taiwan

Fresh Green Shirakawa-go

Shirakawa-gō is a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri.  It is one of UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage Sites.

Sent by Wenny on 7 Feb, 2023 from Tainan 

World Animal Day

Oct 4, 2022, Taiwan 

Sent by Wei Chi on 6 Nov, 2022 from Taipei

 

Indonesia

Borobudur, Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur, or Barabudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency in Central Java, Indonesia. It is the world's largest Buddhist temple The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. It is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. 

 UNESCO World Heritage Site

Monkey Forest, Playful denizzens of Bali's famous "monkey temple"

Sent by jua on 4 feb, 2023 from Jakarta, Indonesia

 

Birds

Western Capercallie on a mating place

Sent by Stepan from Belarus

The Eurasian eagle-owl (bubo bubo)

Sent by Prakashraj from Shennai, India

Great Egret 

Hortobagy National Park,Hungary UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Joanna on 25 Feb, 2023 from Wroclaw, Poland

 

China

View of Yunan

Sent by a postcrossing friend on 4 Nov, 2022 from Shanghai, China 

Xixi Wetland,

Sent by Jane on 25 Aug, 2021 from Xian, China

The Old Town, Lijiang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, China,

Sent by Karsten on 6 Mar, 2021 from Lübeck, Germany 

Hangzhou street view

Sent by Shiyan on 28 Jul 2018 from Beijing, China

Earth Building of Yongding/Fujian Tulou

The Fujian tulou are Chinese rural dwellings unique to the Hakka in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian, China. They were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries.

Sent by gong 88 on 22 Dec, 2022 from China 

The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest  (Qiniandian) 

Sent by Anna on 2009 from Russia

 

Buildings

Old Porto, Portugal 

World Heritage

Sent by Jose on 16 Dec, 2018 from Torres Novas, Portugal

Buckingham Palace, London

Sent by Pävi on 29 Jun, 1997, from London

City Hall 

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sent by Veronika from Belarus

Samstagsberg

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Sent by my niece on 9 Dec, 2019 from Frankfurt

Convent of Christ (Tomar) Portugal

The Convent of Christ is a former Roman Catholic convent in Tomar, Portugal. Originally a 12th-century Templar stronghold, when the order was dissolved in the 14th century the Portuguese branch was turned into the Knights of the Order of Christ, that later supported Portugal's maritime discoveries of the 15th century. The convent and castle complex is a historic and cultural monument and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.

Sent by Jose on 15 Feb, 2021 from Portugal

 

Multiview Monday

Pythagoras Cave, Marathocampos, Samos Greece

 Divers aspects, Barcelona, Spain

Warm greetings from North Sea

The Wadden Sea.  Germany

UNESCO World Heritage Site 

 

National Parks

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Wild Boar, 

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus

Sent by Yukia on 13 Jan, 2016 from Gantsevichi, Belarus

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Białowieża Forest, Poland , Belarus

Sent by Kornelia on 25 Aug, 2021 from Lublin, Poland

Daybreak over Haleakala, Hawaii

Halekala National Park

Sent by Jess on 20 Sep, 2022 from Columbus, Ohio

Price William Forest Park , Virginia U.S.A. 

 

Finland

Light spring winds

Nordic Summer Night

Photo Taneli Eskola

High Coast Kvsrken  Archipelago, WHS Finland

Photo Kimmo Makkonen

 

Cologne/Köln

Cologne - Köln am Rhein

Sent by Corinne from Schleiden, Germany

Cologne Dom

Sent by Marita from Bonn, Germany

 

This and That on Tuesday

Athens, Greece 

View of the Acropolis and The Parthenon

Sent by Kirsi on 26 May, 2020

Fort San Felipe Del Morro

San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Cheryl on 23 Feb, 2014 from Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.

Geyser Basin

Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site 

Sent by Shelby on 14 Jul, 2014 from Nashville, Tennessee

Belarusian winter

Sent by Alexandre on 21 Dec, 2013  from Belarus

Buildings

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The Wm. McKinley Monument and Buffalo City Hall. Lake Erie in the background

Sent by Maria on 10 Aug 2018 from Buffalo, New York

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Hot Springs Observation Tower, Hot Spring National Park,  Arkansas. U,S.A.

Sent by Terry on 11 Mar, 2014 from Arkansas

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Gateway of India, Mumbai

Sent by Jonathan on 26 Sep 2018 from Mumbai

Postcrossing Direct Swap

Parliament, Hungary, Budapest, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Dana on 21 Jan 2016 from Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Old farmhouse in Lozère, France

Sent by Catherine on 24 Sep, 2014 from Auchel, France

Museum "Altfriesisches Haus"in Keitum, Germany. Photo Siegfried Layda

Sent by Andrea on 29 Dec, 2022 from Bremen , Germany