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Roma – Rome

By ilyani | Published 22 May, 2009

Hi everyone, my name is Haris. I went to Rome, Italy with Valerie and she took this photo of me here to show off to imajica! :P

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AAAAAGH! Haris is hijacking my postcards blog again!! *mad* But hmmph, since I received a neat Rome postcard from Valerie, I’ll forgive him. And having said that, I guess I’ll just feature all Rome cards I have gotten so far as well…

From Octabis. Yes, Valerie is so sweet that she sent everyone of GTKY gang a card from Rome! This is a magnificent view of Ponte Sant’Angelo (Bridge of Hadrian) that was constructed during 134-139, and at the back is St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City which was built in 1506. Pilgrims used to use this bridge to reach the basilica.

IT-18537 from Claudia. This is the Fontana del Moro (Fountain of Moro) which is one of the three fountains in the Piazza Navona (Navona Sqaure). It was designed by Giacomo della Porto and built in 1575. This piazza used to be the place where the Romans came to watch games and competitions, and its fountains have been featured in several film scenes.

From Mauclella. This right hand belongs to Costantine, the Emperor of the Roman Empire around year 300. See also his face and foot here.

From Muffins. The famous Colosseum!! This Roman Empire’s largest open-air theater was built in 70-80 AD where 68,000 people could sit inside and 5000 people standing. The Colosseum was used for gladiatorial games and battles, and approximately 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games!

From Iside82 with different views of the great Rome. Apart of the Colosseum and the St Peter’s cathedral, seen also here are The White Alton of the Nation (built in 1800) and the Tiberian Isle in the middle of Tevere River.

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The Eiffel Tower

By ilyani | Published 15 April, 2009

When I was making the post of Paris, France before to celebrate Haris‘ arrival there, I kept Eiffel Tower cards aside first and said that I would feature them once Haris goes to climb Eiffel! And later he did climb it indeed! See this! :D

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*clap clap* :D:D Amazing, Haris!! Photo credit to Valerie Octabis. So to keep my promise here I am presenting my collection of Eiffel Tower postcards I have received so far… :) Tra la la la..

From Pazzolina. The famous Eiffel Tower! It’s standing 276m high and needs 80 tonnes of painting. You can climb if by feet (maybe like Haris did) or use the lift… but you have to change lift at each floor until it reaches upstairs. At the top, on a clear sunny day you can see 60km radius of Paris view around you!

From Pazzolina. The Eiffel Tower is seen from afar, and the Paris Seine River obviously, with pedestrian bridge A25 crossing it and a canal boat crusing it. Along the river there are Bouquinistes standing (“Bouquin” is a word use for books) and Bouquinistes sell old books, postcards (Yay! See? Loads of cards there!), old stamps etc..

From Dollart. This is actually a photo she took on her Paris trip! Not bad, isn’t it?

From Drs_Dolittle. Though the image of the couple seems to be more significant than the Eiffel tower itself… anyways.. this is rather a classy black and white view of Paris in my collection, and this picture was taken from the Notre-Dame cathedral… hmm sounds familiar… why? Oh, I already featured a card of Notre-Dame in the Paris post! ;)

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Paris!!!

By ilyani | Published 17 March, 2009

To commemorate Haris arrival in the capital of France, I hereby would like to put some postcards from Paris here :)) (these won’t include Eiffel Tower though, I’ll put Eiffel as soon as Haris goes there :P)

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Haris : “Hi!! I am in PARIS!!!!!”

From Pazzolina. Notre Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) is a Gothic cathedral built on an island in the middle of the Seine, the heart of Paris. Before the Roman invasion, Paris’ name was Lutèce and the inhabitants were fishermen. Inside of this cathedral is very bright because of the stained glass windows. In the middle of this square stands the Point D, where all distances from Paris to another point in France are measured from.

FR-39679 from Kateryna, showing La Place du Tertre, a square in the heart of Paris’ Montmartre quarter. It’s the place where many artists setting up their easels for tourists, as well as for a drink.

From Vessie. This is La Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) also in Montmarte square in Paris. Yes, this church can be seen in previous card as well. It was built in Romano-Byzantine style and completed in 1914. I just love the sky color giving the shade of purple here.

From Pazzolina. The 3 views belong to Le Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum), which is a historic monument and the biggest museum in Paris. It used to be the King palace before turning into a museum. The glass pyramid reflects in a water mirror where you can also see the building all around on sunny days.

From Titourse, showing the Grand Mosque of Paris, built in 1922 to honor the North African countries that had helped France during World War I. The mosque was made of reinforced concrete and decorated with mosaics, wood carvings and wrought iron brought from Morocco.

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