The island of Delos | Greece

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The island of Delos is located near Mykonos, in the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. The island is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece.

Delos is a small and rocky island but was considered as “the most sacred of all islands” in ancient Greek culture. One of the excavations on the island is the Terrace of the Lions, dedicated to Apollo. Originally, there were up to a dozen big squatting guardian cats lining the Sacred Way; today, only seven remain.

Delos is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Moskenes Island | Norway

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Lofoten is an archipelago in northern Norway, located within the Arctic Circle. The archipelago is known for a distinctive scenery with mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches and untouched lands.

Moskenesøya (meaning Moskenes Island) is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago.

Niokolo-Koba National Park | Senegal

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The one million hectares of protected land makes the Niokolo-Koba National Park the largest park in Senegal. The park is known for its abundance of wildlife. This includes a large population of elephants, lions, leopards, chimpanzees, baboons, hippos and the Western giant eland.

Niokolo-Koba National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | France

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The red, white and blue of the French tricolore finds its origin in the French Revolution. During the Revolution, blue and red rosettes were worn by the militia, in keeping with the colours of the French coat of arms as well as the red and blue flag of Paris.

Béguinage de Kortrijk | Belgium

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Béguinages are architectural ensembles composed of houses, churches, ancillary buildings and green spaces. In these closed communities, founded in the 13th century, the béguines (women who lived a religious life, but without any formal vows) could live and worship in a quiet environment.

Flemish Béguinages is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The beguinage in Kortrijk is one of 13 that are listed. Here you see the beguinages in Turnhout and in Brugge.

Taj Mahal | India

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The Taj Mahal, meaning "Crown of the Palaces" is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Taj Mahal is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Santa Maria delle Grazie | Italy

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Santa Maria delle Grazie ("Holy Mary of Grace") is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, Italy. The church contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.

Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The capital of São Tomé and Príncipe

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São Tomé is the capital and largest city of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its name is Portuguese for "Saint Thomas". With a population of about 75,000 the city's accounting for over a third of the total population of the country.

Flags of the World | Curacao

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Curaçao is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This flag replaced that of the Netherlands Antilles as the territorial standard in 1984.

Historic Glenelg | Australia

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Glenelg is a beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide, Australia. Established in 1836, it is the oldest European settlement on mainland South Australia.

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Hailongtun Tusi Fortress | China

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Tusi Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Located in the mountainous areas of south-west China, this site encompasses remains of several tribal domains whose chiefs were appointed by the central government as ‘Tusi’, hereditary rulers from the 13th to the early 20thcentury. China has 101 tusi sites, of which three were inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list.

Early Christian Necropolis of Péc | Hungary

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Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary. In the 4th century A.D. a remarkable series of decorated tombs were constructed in the cemetery in the Roman town of Sopianae. The ruins that survived under the ground and are situated in the current city of Pécs.

Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | Finland

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The flag of Finland dates from the beginning of the 20th century. On a white background, it features a blue Nordic cross, which represents Christianity.

Like Sweden's, Finland's national flag is based on the Scandinavian cross. It was adopted after independence from Russia, when many patriotic Finns wanted a special flag for their country, but its design dates back to the 19th century.

The English Lake District | United Kingdom

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Derwentwater is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in north west England. The English Lake District is a mountainous area, whose valleys have been modelled by glaciers in the Ice Age.

The English Lake District is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Derinkuyu underground city | Turkey

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The Derinkuyu underground city is an ancient multi-level underground city in the Derinkuyu district in Nevşehir Province, Turkey. Extending to a depth of approximately 60 metres, it is large enough to have sheltered as many as 20,000 people together with their livestock and food stores. It is the largest excavated underground city in Turkey and is one of several underground complexes found across Cappadocia.

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Subterranean city of Derinkuyu is one of the 7 locations that comprises this site.

Derinkuyu underground city | Turkey

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Here is another view of the Derinkuyu underground city. An ancient multi-level underground city in the Derinkuyu district in Nevşehir Province, Turkey.

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Subterranean city of Derinkuyu is one of the 7 locations that comprises this site.

The Gashi River | Albania

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The Gashi River is a 27 km long river located in Tropojë, northern Albania. It is a nature reserve that is a part of UNESCO World Heritage site Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe. This transboundary Unesco site spans 12 countries.

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Tower of Hercules | Spain

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The Tower of Hercules is an ancient Roman lighthouse built on a 57 metre high rock, on a peninsula a few kilometers from the centre of Coruña, Spain. The tower served as a lighthouse and landmark since the late 1st century A.D.

Tower of Hercules is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Cortaillod-est pile dwellings | Switzerland

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The series of 111 out of the 937 known archaeological pile-dwelling sites in six countries around the Alpine and sub-alpine regions of Europe is composed of the remains of prehistoric settlements dating from 5,000 to 500 BC which are situated under water, on lake shores, along rivers or in wetlands. Fifty-six of the sites are located in Switzerland.

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | Chile

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The flag of Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua) was adopted on 9 May 2006. It is a white flag with a red reimiro (a wooden pectoral ornament once worn by the people of Rapa Nui) in the center.

City of Albi | France

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Albi is a town on the banks of the Tarn River in southern France. Dominating the skyline is the 13th-century Sainte-Cécile Cathedral.

Episcopal City of Albi is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Chengjiang Fossil Site | China

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The Chengjiang Fossil Site, located in the Province of Yunnan, China, conserves fossil remains which are of exceptional significance. It is one of the best-preserved sites of Cambrian fauna, revealing 540 million years old marine organisms.

Chengjiang Fossil Site is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Port Zante | St. Kitts & Nevis

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St. Kitts is the larger of the two Caribbean islands that comprise the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Basseterre is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Port Zante, in the centre of the Basseterre Bay, is for use of docking cruise ships only. The Port can accommodate the largest cruise ships in the world; it also has a marina facility.

San Antonio Missions | USA

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The San Antonio Missions are a group of five frontier mission complexes situated along a 12 kilometer stretch of the San Antonio River basin in southern Texas, USA. You see 4 of these missions on this postcard. Number 5 is the Mission San Antonio de Valero.

San Antonio Missions is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | Kiribati

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The flag was designed by Sir Arthur Grimble in 1932 for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, a British colony.

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two colonies which became independent nations shortly after: Kiribati and Tuvalu.