Ransol is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo. The Ransol valley is particularly noted for the diversity of its flora and fauna. In 2006, the village had 188 inhabitants.
Casa de la Vall is a historical house in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. It is the headquarters of the General Council of Andorra. It lies just to the southwest of the Andorra National Library. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra. Built in 1580 as a manor and tower defense by the Busquets family. In 1702 it was acquired by the Consell de la Terra.
Our Lady of Meritxell/Santuari de Meritxell is an Andorran Roman Catholic statue depicting an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra. The original statue dated from the late 12th century.
The stamp used was issued on 7/4/2014 which mark the 30th anniversary of the cease in transmissions of Radio Andorra and was sent from Spain post.
Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra (Catalan: Principat d'Andorra), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked microstate on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south.
Andorra is the sixth-smallest nation in Europe, having an area of 468 square kilometres and a population of approximately 77,281.
It is known as a principality as it is a diarchy headed by two Co-Princes: the Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia, Spain and the President of France.
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