Flags of the World | Burkina Faso

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The flag of Burkina Faso was adopted on 4 August 1984. The flag is coloured in the popular Pan-African colours of the Ethiopian flag, reflecting both a break with the country’s colonial past and its unity with other African ex-colonies.

Kaesong Namdaemun | North Korea

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The Kaesong Namdaemun is the south gate of the old walled city of Kaesong, North Korea. Constructed between 1391 and 1393, it is the only one of the original seven citadel gates to survive mostly intact into the present.

Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The site consists of 12 separate components. One of these is Kaesong Namdaemun.

Roman Walls of Lugo | Spain

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The Roman walls of Lugo were constructed in the 3rd century and are still largely intact, stretching over 2 kilometers around the historic centre of Lugo in Galicia (Spain).

Roman Walls of Lugo is a UNESCO World Heritage site. According to UNESCO, the wall is the finest example of late Roman fortifications in western Europe.

Elephanta Caves | India

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The 'City of Caves', on an island in the Sea of Oman close to Bombay, contains a collection of rock art linked to the cult of Shiva. The Elephanta Caves are a network of sculpted caves located on Elephanta Island in Mumbai Harbour.

Elephanta Caves is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Pulkovskaya Observatory | Russia

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The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory  is located 19 km south of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.

Wilhelm von Struve was the founder and its first director. We know him from The Struve Geodetic Arc, another UNESCO World Heritage site.

Solomon Islands

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The Solomon Islands are a wide-spread archipelago of mountainous and heavily forested, volcanic islands. The six major islands and 1,000 smaller ones are located east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu. The archipelago is covering an area of over 28,000 square kilometres.

Flags of the World | Denmark

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Denmark is Europe's oldest kingdom and its flag - the oldest European flag - was officially adopted in 1625.

The red flag with a white cross is known as the Dannebrog, or Danish Cloth. According to Danish legend, the Dannebrog descended from the skies during a battle in Estonia on June 15, 1219.

Belvedere Castle | Germany

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In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the small Thuringian town of Weimar witnessed a remarkable cultural flowering, attracting many writers and scholars, notably Goethe and Schiller. This development is reflected in the high quality of many of the buildings and of the parks in the surrounding area. Classical Weimar is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The World Heritage properties comprises twelve separate buildings or ensembles:
- Goethe's House and Goethe´s Garden and Garden House
- Schiller's House
- Herder Church
- Herder House and Old High School
- Residence Castle and Ensemble Bastille
- Dowager's Palace (Wittumspalais)
- Duchess Anna Amalia Library
- Park on the Ilm with the Roman House
- Belvedere Castle and Park with Orangery
- Ettersburg Castle and Park
- Tiefurt Castle and Park
- and Historic Cemetery with Princes´ Tomb.

Amoreira Aqueduct | Portugal

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The Amoreira Aqueduct is a 16th-century aqueduct that spans the Portuguese municipality of Elvas, bringing water into the fortified city.

Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The site also contains the Amoreira aqueduct, built to enable the stronghold to withstand lengthy sieges.

Maison & Atelier Horta | Belgium

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Victor Pierre Horta (1861 – 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer. Horta is considered one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture.

Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The four major town houses - Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta - are located in Brussels and designed by the architect Victor Horta.

Tsarskoye Selo | Russia

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Tsarskoye Selo ("Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers from Saint Petersburg.

Tsarskoye Selo is part of the World Heritage site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments: The Palace and Park Ensembles of the Town of Pushkin (Tzarskoe Selo).

Muskauer Park | Germany

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Muskauer Park is a landscape park in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany and Poland. It is the largest and one of the most famous English gardens in Central Europe. The park was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau from 1815 to 1844.

Flags of the World | Cape Verde

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The national flag of Cape Verde was adopted on September 22, 1992, replacing the flag adopted during Cape Verdean independence, fought for with Guinea-Bissau, another former Portuguese colony on mainland West Africa.

Crypt at the Colonia Guell | Spain

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Located near Barcelona, the crypt of the church at the Colonia Guell was classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2005. Antoni Gaudi undertook this work as a testing-ground for the future construction of the Sagrada Familia.

The Church of Colònia Güell is an unfinished work by Antoni Gaudí. It was built as a place of worship for the people in a manufacturing suburb in Santa Coloma de Cervelló.

Seven of Gaudi’s works were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO:

- Parque Güell

- Palacio Güell

- Casa Mila

- Casa Vicens

- Nativity Façade and Crypt of the Sagrada Familia

- Casa Batlló

- Crypt at the Colònia Güell.

Struve Geodetic Arc | Finland

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The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km.

This helped to calculate the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping. Oravivuori is one of the six measuring points that are located in Finland.

Annobón Island | Equatorial Guinea

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Annobón is a small province of Equatorial Guinea consisting of the island of Annobón and its associated islets in the Gulf of Guinea. Annobón is home to an isolated population of a few thousand residents. The island is located about 480 km off the coast of the mainland.

Kedarnath Temple | India

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Kedarnath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Located in the far north of Inida, on the Garhwal Himalayan range. Due to extreme weather conditions, the temple is open only between the end of April to November. Imagine the mountains in the background covered with snow!

Thank you Sayam!

Mada'in Saleh archaeological site | Saudi Arabia

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Mada'in Saleh, or Al-Hij,r is an archaeological site located in Saudi Arabia. Formerly known as Hegra it is the largest conserved site of the civilization of the Nabataeans south of Petra in Jordan. It features well-preserved monumental tombs with decorated facades dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD.

Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Fort bij Uithoorn | Netherlands

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Extending 135 km around the city of Amsterdam, this defence line, built between 1883 and 1920, is the only example of a fortification based on the principle of controlling the waters.

One of the fortifications that are part of UNESCO World Heritage site Defence Line of Amsterdam, is Fort bij Uithoorn.

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Flags of the World | Benin

  

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The flag of Benin was adopted in 1959 to replace the French Tricolour. It was the flag of the Republic of Dahomey until 1975, when the People's Republic of Benin was established.

Valparaíso | Chile

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Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso is a UNESCO World Heritage site. According to UNESCO this  colonial city presents an excellent example of late 19th-century urban and architectural development in Latin America.

The world's highest post office | India

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Located in the Himalayas in northern India, the Spiti Valley is one of the highest inhabited places on Earth. Characterised by barren mountains, treacherous passes and serpentine rivers, the high-altitude, cold desert landscape looks almost otherworldly.

At an elevation of 4,500m, the tiny post office in the village of Hikkim connects a cluster of small villages in this isolated region to the rest of the world.

Thx Sayam for arranging this card!

Olympic National Park | USA

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Located in the north-west of Washington State, Olympic National Park is renowned for the diversity of its ecosystems.

In the background of this card you see the Olympic Mountain Range. Most of these mountains are protected within the bounds of the Olympic National Park.

Foreste Casentinesi National Park | Italy

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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe is a UNESCO World Heritage site. This transboundary property stretches over 12 countries, including Italy.

Sasso Fratino Nature Reserve is part of this site and is located inside this Foreste Casentinesi. 

Archaeological site of Hedeby | Germany

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The archaeological site of Hedeby consists of the remains of an emporium – or trading town – containing traces of roads, buildings, cemeteries and a harbour dating back to the 1st and early 2nd millennia CE. The site was an important Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement located in today's Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Because of its unique situation between the Frankish Empire in the South and the Danish Kingdom in the North, Hedeby became a trading hub between continental Europe and Scandinavia.

Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke is a UNESCO World Heritage site.