London

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University College' London UK

Illustration by Julia Gash

Sent by Yugian from London 

Hainan, University

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Hainan University, China

Sent by Corlien from  Fujian, China 

 

Bonn am Rhein

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University of Bonn, Germany

Sent by Iris from Bonn

 

Universities

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

The Museum of Bilology, 

SunYat - sen University, 1924. Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Galician seym (University) 1877-1881. Architect J. Gohberger 

Lviv, Ukraine

 

United Kingdom

Wells, Vicars Close ( c 1348-1360 )The  oldest complete medieval street in Europe.

Sent by Bernadette on 14 Feb, 2013 from Liverpool  

London, House of Parliament 

Snet by my brother on 4 Mar, 2015

Whitworth Hall, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England

Sent by Tristina from Barrie, Canad

 

Snowfall

The Van Wickle Gates of Brown University in Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Photo Stephanie Izzo

Central Post Office Building, Stockholm, Sweden. 

Vasagatan in Snow by Caroline Grinda- Christensen  (1925-2014 )   Swedish artist 

Winter scenery.

 Artist Jose Jimenez, Received 1988

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)

Universities and libraries

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Greetings from Redlands where the desert meets the mountains

University of Redlands, California

Received on 15 Nov, 2015

Sent by Jude ( Redlands, California ) 

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

The Maclaurin Building

Received on 28 Dec, 2016

Sent by David ( Madison, Wisconsin )

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The Park Building at the University of Utah.

Received on 6 Feb, 2019

Sent by Morgan ( Cordova, Utah ) 

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The Spartanburg County Public Library, South Carolina

Received on 9 Oct, 2017

Sent by Gail ( Woodruff, South Carolina ) 

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Aiken County Library, South Carolina

Received on 23 Jul, 2020 

Sent by Maryann  ( Vaucluse, South Carolina )

 

Still learning

 

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View on the University of Colorado Campu, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. 

Received on 17 Aug, 2018

Sent by Mary Jane (Denver, Colorado)

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Gymnasium and Business Academy Orlová, Czech Republic

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Cologne University. Germany

received on 7 Mar, 2018 

sent by Lars ( Bode, Germany)

Buildings

University of Applied Sciences

Kaiserslautern, Germany 

Sent by Sabine in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany

on 5 Mar, 2020

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,729 km

Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain 

Sent by Carmen in Mérida, Spain

 on 8 Sep, 2017

travel time 31 days

distance travelled 3,253 km

Friday Mail

 Owls 

Illustration Minna Lehväslaiho, Finland

Postcrossing Finland, Facebook swap
Smile and Cute

Sent by Anja in Nokia, Finland

Lipetsk State Technical University

Sent by Katya in Dankov, Russia

 on 10 Jan, 2020

travel time 49 days

distance travelled 1,449 km

received on 28 Feb, 2020 

Sunday Sport

Ohio Stadium, Columbus

 Script Ohio by The Best Damn Band in the Land

 Rotunda entrance to Ohio Stadium 

on the campus of The Ohio State University.

travel time 19 days

distance travelled 6,819 km

sent by Lindsay,  Ohio, U.S.A.

Ohio Stadium, also known as the Horseshoe, the Shoe, and the House That Harley Built, is an American football stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on the campus of The Ohio State University. Its primary purpose is the home venue of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.

University of Virginia

 The Lawn

Direct swap from Birgitta, Virginia, U.S.A.

University of Virginia is a public institution that was founded in 1819. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 16,736, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 1,682 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Virginia's ranking in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 24. 

Virginian yliopisto  on julkinen tutkimusyliopisto Yhdysvalloissa. Se sijaitsee Charlottesvillessä Virginiassa, ja sen perusti Thomas Jefferson vuonna 1819. Vuonna 2016 U.S. News & World Report -⁠lehden rankingissä Virginian yliopisto sijoitettiin 24. tilalle parhaiden yhdysvaltalaisyliopistojen joukossa. 

Yliopiston tunnetuihin alumneihin kuuluvat senaattori Edward Kennedy ja journalisti Katie Couric. Kirjailija Edgar Allan Poe sai aikoinaan eropassit yliopistosta hävittyään opiskelurahansa uhkapelissä, mutta hänen asuntolahuoneensa on museoitu. (Wikipedia)

Universities

The University of Tartu is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. University of Tartu is the only classical university in the country and also the biggest and most prestigious university in Estonia. It was established by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1632.

 From Helen in Saaremaa, Estonia

Distance: 485 km

Travel time: 7 days

Main Building of Moscow University on Vorobyovy Hills

From Alexandra in Moscow, Russia

Distance: 1,148 km

Travel time: 26 days 

Moscow State University

From Julia in Rostov on Don, Russia

Distance: 2,015 km

Travel time: 26 days

Lomonosov Moscow State University ( MSU) is a coeducational and public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on January 25, 1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov. MSU was renamed after Lomonosov in 1940 and was then known as Lomonosov University. It also claims to house the tallest educational building in the world. It is rated among the universities with the best reputation in the world.

Universities

 Brown University, The Van Winkle Gates and Tower. Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

From Becca, Rhode Island

Distance: 6,109 km

Travel time: 9 days

McMicken Hall, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S.A.

From Natalie, Kentucky

Distance: 6,991 km

Travel time: 8 days

Scott Hall, Northwestern University 1933, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A

From Cody in Chicago, Illinois

Distance: 6,864 km

Travel time: 27 days

Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.

From our son, 

Sent on 01 APR 2015

Catholic University library, Leuven

Catholic University library, Leuven, Belgium

The library building was designed by Whitney Warren and built from 1921–1928. 

The Catholic University of Leuven was considered the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. 

The University of Leuven was founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V as the first university in the Low Countries, and soon became one of the largest and well-known universities in Europe.

Some of the scholars and lecturers associated with the university were the humanist Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), the cartographer Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), whose map projection is still in use, Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), one of the founders of modern anatomy, and many more.

This card comes from Marie-Paule, Belgium

Distance: 1,669 km

Travel time: 9 days

Buildings

AZ Tower

The AZ Tower is a skyscraper in the city of Brno, Czech Republic. The tower is 111 m (364 ft) high and it has 30 floors. It is currently the tallest building in the Czech Republic. The construction of the building was started in 2011 and it was completed in April 2013. The building has floor area of over 17,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft). It is used as office, retail and residential spaces.

From Martina, Brno Czech Republic

Distance: 1,534 km

Travel time: 7 days 

Little Rock Central High School
President Clinton speaks at the 40th anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School

A very  historic high school in Little Rock.  Almost 60 years ago there was a major integration conflict. On the morning of September 23, 1957, nine African-American teenagers held the line against an angry mob protesting integration in front of Little Rock's Central High School. As the students met their new classmates for the first time inside the school, outside violence escalated and the Little Rock police removed the Nine from the school for their safety. The next day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to escort the nine students into the school. 

 From Susannah, Little Rock, Arkansas

Distance: 7,742 km

Travel time: 9 days

Luce Memorial Chapel, Tunghai University, Taiwan

This Christian Chapel on the beautiful campus of the Tunghai University in Taichung was designed by the artist Chen Chi-Kwan together with I. M. Pei, the most famous Chinese-born architect of the 20th century. It is one the most impressive sacred spaces in Taiwan. The chapel is named after the American Rev. Henry Luce, a missionary who was active in China in the late 19thcentury and father of publisher Henry Luce Junior. 

From Penny, Taiwan

Distance: 7,995 km

Travel time: 9 days

Å is for Åbo ( Turku )

 The City of Turku was founded in 1229. 

 Finland's first university was founded in Turku in 1640, even though the number of inhabitants in the city was not very large at that time. The staple town charter (the right to conduct foreign trade) guaranteed, however, that trading was brisk.

In 1827, a large section of Turku was dramatically destroyed in a fire. The burnt city needed an altogether new town plan, which was drawn up by C. L. Engel the following year

Luostarinmäki the Handicrafts Museum.

The area of the museum was the only old residential area left in 1940, when the museum was opened. The location was the largest area to completely survive the Great Fire of Turku. Contemporary handicraft items are presented. The museum received the Golden Apple international tourism award as the only site in Scandinavia in 1984.

The Turku Market Hall, completed in 1896.

The Market Hall, which extends the length of an entire block,

was designed by architect Gustaf Nyström.



Restaurant Samppalinna – a part of the vibrant Turku history since 1832 –

is a spectacular wooden villa with terraces located on the banks of the River Aura.

Turku ( Åbo ) was my home town from 1970 to 1976.