My postcard collection

Friday, 8 May 2015

Italy - Val d'Orcia

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The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the t...

Spain - Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid

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Built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the martyrdom of St Lawrence, the Escurial...

India - Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat

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Rani-ki-Vav, on the banks of the Saraswati River, was initially built as a memorial to a king in the 11th century AD. Stepwells are...

Italy - Rock Drawings in Valcamonica

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Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain, has one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than...

Thailand - Ban Chiang Archaeological Site

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Ban Chiang is considered the most important prehistoric settlement so far discovered in South-East Asia. It marks an important stag...
Sunday, 5 April 2015

Slovakia - VlkolĂ­nec

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VlkolĂ­nec, situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement of 45 buildings with the traditional features of a...

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

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Hungary, Slovakia  The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves curr...
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