FI-1131419 - Here are we guarding

FI-1131419 sent by "plp"

Another great art work named "Here are we guarding" from 2008 by Kaj Stenvall.

FI-411921 - Landscape

FI-411921 sent by "sansku 10"


This was my first card from Finland, a nice nature view!

Child - Angola

unused

I found this one on an antique store. On the front is a religious message "In your hands stands my days" Sat.31.15a. On the back says "Angola - Eliezer, son of nurses".

Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary, Braga - Portugal

The postcard from the 5th Postcrossing Birthday Meeting in Braga - 17-07-2010. I sent this card to myself with the signature of all postcrossers that went to the dinner. It was my first postcrossing meeting and I loved it!

More info about the place on the postcard on Wikipedia.

CN-116370 - Mu'ao waterfall in Hu'nan Province

CN-116370 sent by kellyim

"Hunan is a province of China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning "south of the lake"). Hunan is sometimes called and officially abbreviated as "湘" (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province.

Hunan borders Hubei in the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong to the south, Guangxi to the southwest, Guizhou to the west, and Chongqing to the northwest. The capital is Changsha." In: Wikipedia

Museu da Inconfidência, Ouro Preto - Brazil

sent by "studart"


"Ouro Preto (from Portuguese, Black Gold) is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in theSerra do Espinhaço mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture.
[...]
Museu da Inconfidência - In the former municipal palace on Tiradentes Plaza, traces the Inconfidencia independence movement." In: Wikipedia

AU-52937 - Alicante shoes

AU-52937 sent by "emblue"

An alicante shoe made by the postcrosser. Not bad!

Map made from cork - Portugal

unused

A map card with some touristic spots of Portugal. A postcard made from Portuguese cork.

US-289657 - Bridgeport

US-289657 sent by "hipparchus"

This was my first card from California. This one shows the Mono County Courthouse located in Bridgeport.

"A courthouse (sometimes spelled court house) is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply called "courts" or "court buildings". In most of Continental Europe and former non-English speaking European colonies, the equivalent term is a palace of justice" In: Wikipedia

"Bridgeport is a census-designated place that is the county seat of Mono County, California. It lies at an elevation of 6463 feet (1970 m) in the middle of the Bridgeport Valley. Bridgeport is located at the intersection of highways US 395 and State Route 182. The population was 575 at the 2010 census." In: Wikipedia

St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery - Ukraine

sent by "saint"

" St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery  is a functioning monastery in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The monastery is located on the right bank of the Dnieper River on the edge of a bluff northeast of the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The site is located in the historic administrative Uppertown and overlooks the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter, the Podil neighbourhood.

Originally built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych, the monastery comprises the Cathedral itself, the Refectory of St. John the Divine, built in 1713, the Economic Gates, constructed in 1760 and the monastery's bell tower, which was added circa 1716–1719. The exterior of the structure was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style in the 18th century while the interior remained in its original Byzantine style. The original cathedral was demolished by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, but was reconstructed and opened in 1999 following Ukrainian independence." In: Wikipedia