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ITALY - Basilica Pontificia Di San Nicola, Bari

Thanks to Francesco for the card.

"The Pontifical Basilica di San Nicola (Basilica of Saint Nicholas) is a church in Bari, southern Italy that holds wide religious significance throughout Europe and the Christian world. The basilica is an important pilgrimage destination both for Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians from Eastern Europe.

The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia, the area previously occupied by the Byzantine Catapan of which Bari was the seat. Its foundation is related to the recovery of some of the relics of Saint Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, in what is now Turkey."

The card matching the stamp at the back.

JAPAN - Morning Market in Takayama

Thanks to Chizuk for the card.

NETHERLANDS - Silvoldre

Thanks to Anna for the card.

"Silvolde ( Lower Saxon : Sillevolde or Zillewold ) is a village in the Achterhoek that is part of the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek (up to and including 2004: municipality Wisch ) in the Dutch province of Gelderland ; it borders directly on the town of Terborg . Silvolde has 5449 inhabitants."

CHINA - Pagoda thru window

Thanks to Maggie for the card.

NEW ZEALAND - Aotearoa

Thanks to Linda for the card.

"Aotearoa is the Māori name for New Zealand. It is often mispronounced /aʊtiəˈroʊ.ə/ (About this sound listen) by English speakers, and its use is becoming widespread in the bilingual names of national organisations and institutions. The term was originally used by Māori in reference to only the North Island. Since the 1990s, it has been customary to sing New Zealand's national anthem, "God Defend New Zealand", in both Māori and English, exposing the name to a wider audience."

CHINA - Mogao Caves, Buddhist cave in Dunhuang

Thanks to Linda for the card.

"The Mogao Caves (Chinese: 莫高窟), also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (Chinese: 千佛洞; pinyin: qiān fó dòng), form a system of 492 temples 25 km (16 mi) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves may also be known as the Dunhuang Caves, however, this term is also used as a collective term to include other Buddhist cave sites in and around the Dunhuang area, such as the Western Thousand Buddha Caves, Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves, Yulin Caves, and Five Temple Caves. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years.[1] The first caves were dug out in 366 AD as places of Buddhist meditation and worship.[1][2] The Mogao Caves are the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, are one of the three famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China."

MALTA - Fort St. Angelo, Birgu

Fort St Angelo, Birgu, Vittoriosa. When the Knights of Malta arrived in Malta in 1530, they chose to settle in Birgu and Fort St Angelo become the seat of the Grand Master. Fort St Angelo withstood the Turks during the Great siege of Malta in 1565. With the coming of the British to Malta the fort become a base for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and listed as a ship, first as HMS Egmont and in 1933 renames as HMS St Angelo.

Thanks to Sava for the card.