POSTCARDS OF CHURCHES

Sunday, 16 August 2009

Italy

"Pomposa (Ferrara)
- Abbaye

Dated (14-11-1984) and circulated postcard, from Ferrara to Laufenburg (Switzerland)

Italy

"Dolmiti - Lago di Braies"

Dated (19-08-1986) and circulated postcard, from Ferrara di Braies to Zürich (Switzerland)

Australia

"Evandale, Tasmania"

- St. Andrews (Church of England)

Dated (09-11-1910) and circulated postcard from Evandale to Paris (France)

Brazil

"Campanário" - Santa Tereza Church

Uncirculated postcard

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Italy

"Milano" - Basilica di S. Ambrogio e Monumento al Caduti

Dated (12-07-1934)

and circulated postcard, from Milano to Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

Sent to the French painter Alfred Lombard (1884 - 1973).

Spain

"Barcelona" - The Sacred Family Church
Templo de la Sagrada Familia

Dated (18-05-1953) and circulated postcard, from Barcelona to Bern (Switzerland)

Monday, 10 August 2009

Russia

"Lazarevskoye"

Circulated postcard with different views of Lazarevskoye (Лазаревское) - a resort village on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, located on the shore of the Black Sea.
Courtesy of Vladimir!

The Netherlands

Dated (07-08-2009) and circulated postcard from Honselersdÿk (The Netherlands) to Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal).

This is the Honselersdÿk Catholic Church.

Thanks to Piet!

Saturday, 8 August 2009

Portugal

"Praia da Aguda"

Uncirculated postcard from the beginning of the 20th century.

Israel

"Mt. of The Beatitudes and lake of Galillee"

Here are situated a Church and a Convent, belonging to the Italian Franciscan Sisters.

Uncirculated postcard.

Austria

"Vienna / Kahlenberg" Church

Circulated postcard dated 15-11-1966, from Vienna to Nürnberg, Germany.

France

"Mignières" Church

Dated (16-02-1940) and circulated postcard, from Mignières to Meuse.

France

"Vallée de l'Eure"

We can see different places with Churches, namely:

Chartres Cathedral, Ivry la Bataille, Nogent le Roi, Louviers, Lery and Pont de l'Arche.

Uncirculated postcard.

France

"Lourdes" - Basilique

The blessing of the infirms

A benção dos enfermos

Bénédiction des malades

Benedizione degli ammalati

Den Kranken wird der Segen erteilt

Benedición de los enfermos

Zegening der zieken

Uncirculated postcard.

Portugal (Madeira)

"Porto da Cruz"

General view, with the Church.

Uncirculated postcard

Friday, 7 August 2009

Ukraine

"Kiev"

Uncirculated postcard, courtesy of A. D.

Thursday, 6 August 2009

Gibraltar

The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned.

Uncirculated postcard.

Courtesy of Antonio!

Muchas gracias!

Spain

Uncirculated postcard with the view of the main Church of Cazalla de la Sierra (Sevilla).

Many thanks to Antonio!

Muchas gracias!

Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Germany

"Berlin Brandenburg"

450 years of Reformation (1539 - 1989)

St. Nikolai Church

Another Leung's courtesy!

Canada

Saint-François Church, Île d'Orléans - P.Q.

L'église saint François, à l'Île d'Orléans (P.Q.)

Thank you, Leung!

Friday, 31 July 2009

U.S.A.

"Saluda Hill Baptist Church"

Near Table Rock Mountain Upper Greenville County, South Carolina.

Uncirculated postcard.

Thanks to Jean-Claude!

Thursday, 30 July 2009

France

"LISIEUX" - Basilique

This is a precious circulated postcard dated 27.09.1951 traveled from France to Cape Verde (the Tarrafal prison).

The Cape Verde archipelago was at that time a Portuguese colony and Tarrafal prison in Santiago island was the most feared jail, where Salazar "accomodeted" his largest political opponents, in infra-human conditions, where prisoners often dead.

This postcard contains only a short message - "During my vacation, I'm sending you a big hug".

France

"Caen" - Saint-Étienne Church

This church was built in 1064 by Guillaume le Conquérant, who redeemed this way his error committed by marrying Mathilde de Flandre, despite prohibition of Pope Leo IX.

Uncirculated postcard.

Macau

"Ruins of St. Paul's Church"

Uncirculated postcard

United Kingdom

"London" - St. Paul's Cathedral

First stone laid 1675 by Sir Christopher Wren, completed 1710. Wren's masterpiece withstood a great danger of distruction in 1940, during the bombing of London, to stand dominant for all to see.

Dated (25.09.1967) and circulated postcard, from London to Porto (Portugal).

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

France

"Ars en Ré" (Ré Island).

Dated (06.07.2009) and circulated postcard from Ré Island to Portugal

Spain

"Santiago de Compostela" - Cathedral.

Uncirculated postcard.

Portugal

"Amarante" -

Partial view of Tâmega River by Saint Gonçalo's Monastery.

Uncirculated postcard.

Portugal

"Lisbon" - Jeronimos Manastery.

One of the most beautiful and visited monuments, in Lisbon.

In 1983 it was classified by the UNESCO, with nearby Torre de Belém, as a World Heritage Site.

Uncirculated postcard

Portugal

"Mafra" Convent.

Dated (23.06.1971) and circulated postcard, from Mafra to Porto.

The Portuguese José Saramago, Literature Nobel Prize 1998, dedicated his most famous and known novel Convent Memorial to this convent, that historical period and the motivations for its construction, under the reign of King John V (reigned from 1706 - 1750)