#1730 France

Thank you, Veronique !

Sent on: February 12, 2018

Received on: April 29, 2019

Yup, this card actually took more than a whole year to arrive from France.

#1226 China

The city walls of Pingyao were constructed in the 3rd year of the Hongwu Emperor (1370). The walls have six barbican gates. The north and south sides have one gate each. The east and west sides have two gates each. This pattern is similar to that of a turtle (the head, tail and four legs), earning Pingyao the moniker "Turtle City." The walls measure about 12 metres high, with a perimeter of 6,000 metres. A 4-metre wide, 4-metre deep moat can be found just outside the walls. Aside from the four structured towers at the four corners, there are also 72 watchtowers and more than 3,000 battlements. In 2004, part of the southern walls collapsed but were reconstructed. However, the rest of the city walls are still largely intact and are considered among the best-preserved ancient city walls on this scale. This makes the city walls the centrepiece of the Heritage Site.

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Property No #812

Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 1997

Thank you !

Sent on: February 13, 2017

Received on: February 28, 2017

#1209 Slovakia

The current form of the national flag of Slovakia was adopted by Slovakia's Constitution, which came into force on 3 September 1992. The flag, in common with other Slavic nations, uses the colors white, blue and red.

Slovakia's flag in its current form (but with another coat of arms on it or without any arms) can be dated back to the revolutionary year 1848. It was also used semi-officially in Czechoslovakia before World War II, by the Slovak Republic during World War II, and finally adopted (without the coat of arms) on 1 March 1990 as the flag of the Slovak Republic within Czechoslovakia. The coat of arms was added on 3 September 1992 and a special law describing the details of the flag followed in February 1993.

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Thank you !

Received on: January 30, 2017

#1020 Nuevitas, Cuba

I think it's real luck this postcard arrived because there's only half of my address. Fortunately my local post office workers know me well and they know where exactly I live. 

Thank you, Yasmany !

Sent on: August 22, 2015

Received on: November 30, 2015

#762 Singapore

First I thought I won't post it, but it's not my first damaged postcard and I want to present every card I receive. So here it is..

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula and is 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. The country's territory consists of the lozenge-shaped main island, commonly referred to as Singapore Island in English and Pulau Ujong in Malay, and more than 60 significantly smaller islets. Singapore is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to the north, and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to the south. The country is highly urbanised, and little of the original vegetation remains. The country's territory has consistently expanded through land reclamation.

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Also it seems that it was missent to Finland first.

Thank you, Spencer !

Received on: December 5, 2014

#488 Gard, France

Gard is a department in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.

The department is named after the River Gardon, and the Occitan name of the river has been replacing the French name of the department in recent decades, even among French speakers.

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He said that he forgot to write my country on the card and that's why it took more than a month to arrive.

Thank you, Andrea !

Sent on: January 3, 2014

Received on: February 10, 2014

#397 Myanmar/Burma

Dhammayangyi Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Largest of all the temples in Bagan, the Dhammayan as it is popularly known was built during the reign of King Narathu (1167-1170). Narathu, who came to the throne by assassinating his father Alaungsithu and his elder brother, presumably built this largest temple to atone for his sins.

The Dhammayangyi is the widest temple in Bagan, and is built in a plan similar to that of Ananda Temple. Burmese Chronicles state that while the construction of the temple was in the process, the king was assassinated by some Indians and thus the temple was not completed. Sinhalese sources however indicate that the king was killed by Sinhalese invaders.

The temple's interior is bricked up for unknown reasons, thus only the four porches and the outer corridors are accessible.

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Thank you, Emillin !

Received on: November 4, 2013

#171 Amsterdam, Netherlands | NL-1632043

The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam, consisting of 42 forts located between 10 to 15 kilometers the centre, and lowlands that can easily be flooded in time of war. The flooding was designed to give a depth of about 30 cm, insufficient for boats to traverse. Any buildings within 1 km of the line had to be made of wood, so that they could be burnt and the obstruction removed.

The Stelling van Amsterdam was constructed between 1880 and 1920. The invention of the aeroplane and tank made the forts obsolete almost as soon as they were finished.
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Property No #759

Date of Inscription on the list of UNESCO: 1996

I think it was real luck that this postcard reached me, because the sender somehow wrote my country wrong.

Thank you, Mardi (MardiV) !

Received on: January 17, 2013

Travel time: 12 days

Distance: 1472 km (915 miles)