Abhishek's PostCrossing Journey

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, USA

USA-23, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park and it is a portion of a UNESCO World Heritage Site hosting the densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest. The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Farmington, in a relatively inaccessible canyon cut by the Chaco Wash. Containing the most sweeping collection of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the park preserves one of America's most fascinating cultural and historic areas.

DE-305454, Regensburg, Germany

Germany-12, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Regensburg, is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate. The large medieval center of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

DE-305454, Bode-Museum and Pergamon Museum, Germany

Germany-11, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Museum Island in Berlin, Germany is the name of the northern half of the Spreeinsel, an island in the Spree river in the centre of the city.

The Bode Museum belongs to the group of museums on Museum Island in Berlin and is a historically preserved building. The museum was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904. Originally called the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum after Emperor Frederick III, the museum was renamed in honor of its first curator, Wilhelm von Bode, in 1956.
The Pergamon Museum is among the museums on Museum Island in Berlin. The site was designed by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann and was built from 1910 to 1930. The Pergamon houses oariginal-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus, and the Ishtar Gate, all consisting of parts transported from the original excavation sites.

Dam with Royal Palace and National Monument, Amsterdan, Netherlands

Netherlands-4, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Dam Square is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the most well-known and important locations in the city.
On the west end of the square is the neoclassical Royal Palace, which served as the city hall from 1655 until its conversion to a royal residence in 1808.
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam is one of four palaces in the Netherlands which is at the disposal of Queen Beatrix by Act of Parliament. The palace was built as city hall during the Dutch Golden Age in the seventeenth century. The building became the Royal Palace of King Louis Napoleon and later of the Dutch Royal House. It is situated in the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next to the Nieuwe Kerk.

Valparaíso, Chile

Chile-1, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Victoria Park Cathedral

Lublin, Poland

Poland-2, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Lublin is the largest city in Poland east of the Vistula, and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355,954 (2004). It is Poland's ninth largest city.

Iguazu Falls, Brazil

Brasil-3, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Iguazu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones.

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye, Russia

Russia-8, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate situated several miles to the south-east of Moscow downtown, on the ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna. The scenic area which overlooks the steep banks of the Moskva River became a part of Moscow in the 1960s.
Kolomenskoye village was first mentioned in the testament of Ivan Kalita (1339). As the time went by, the village was developed as a favourite country estate of grand princes of Muscovy. The earliest extant structure is the exceptional Ascension church (1532), built in white stone to commemorate the long-awaited birth of an heir to the throne, the future Ivan the Terrible. Being the first stone church of tent-like variety, the uncanonical "White Column" (as it is sometimes referred to) marked a stunning rupture with the Byzantine tradition.

DE-304562, Badhaus, Dieburg, Germany

Germany-10, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Dieburg is a town in Hessen, Germany. It was formerly the seat of the district of Dieburg, but is now part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg.The town of Dieburg was first named in 1492 in the tax books of the archbishopric of Hessen-Nassau. The city"s name is derived from the Middle High German words "diot", meaning "people," and "burg", meaning "castle." Dieburg therefore refers to the castle of the people, located in the city center.