These last two months were great when it comes to cards from this RR, probably the best months ever. In July the cards arrived from Finland, USA, Brazil (sent from China) and Scotland.
kuva: Markku Roisko, www.korttituote.com
I'm starting this month with a card from Hämmeenlinna, Finland, where every year is held a postcard event and a postcrossing meeting after that. The church was designed by architect Louis Jean Desprez in 1789, and built in 1792–1798.
The card was sent by "marzze".
photograph by Mimi MacDonald
This cute white church is located in Lenox, Massachusetts and the card was sent by Jennifer. Built in 1805, it is one of a small number of surviving Federal period churches in the region. Its congregation, gathered in 1769, belongs to the United Church of Christ (...). The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. - in: wikipedia
Foto: Waldemir A. Oliveira
Catherine is from China but she decided to send a brazilian card. St. Generosa Church is located in São Paulo. The construction started in 1915 and the works continued for almost 20 years when the news that the city, due to the city's urbanization works, would expropriate the site arrived. In 1945, the works were paralyzed and, with the arrival of the new parish priest, Alberto Baccilique, and the non-expropriation of the church, the works continued and the parish was inaugurated in 1950.
For 17 years everything went as planned but in 1967 the church began to be demolished for the passage of a road and the São Paulo Metro.
On September 27, 1970, was inaugurated the new church. From the old church, 40 Italian stained glass windows, chandeliers and the large central door were used.
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Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.
The present ruins date from the 13th to the 16th centuries, though built on the site of an early medieval fortification. Founded in the 13th century, Urquhart played a role in the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century. It was subsequently held as a royal castle, and was raided on several occasions by the MacDonald Earls of Ross. The castle was granted to the Clan Grant in 1509, though conflict with the MacDonalds continued. Despite a series of further raids the castle was strengthened, only to be largely abandoned by the middle of the 17th century. Urquhart was partially destroyed in 1692 to prevent its use by Jacobite forces, and subsequently decayed. In the 20th century it was placed in state care as a scheduled monument and opened to the public: it is now one of the most-visited castles in Scotland. - in: wikipedia
Card sent by Sabine.
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