My postcard collection

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

India - Group of Monuments at Hampi

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The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich princ...

India - Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram

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This group of sanctuaries, founded by the Pallava kings, was carved out of rock along the Coromandel coast in the 7th and 8th centu...

Russia - Lena Pillars Nature Park

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Lena Pillars Nature Park is marked by spectacular rock pillars that reach a height of approximately 100 m along the banks of the Le...

Russia - Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands

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The Solovetsky archipelago comprises six islands in the western part of the White Sea, covering 300 km2 . They have been inhabited ...

Russia - Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent

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The Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent were part of the northern lines of the Sasanian Persian Empire, which e...

France - Chartres Cathedral

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Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the hi...

France - Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)

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The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross th...
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