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| Piața Unirii in Focșani |
This postcard marked a milestone on my postcrossing stats: postcard number 50! That meant I could send ten cards at a time, which I actually don't (because I don't have the money). Mircea sent it from his hometown. He is on top 5 senders from Romania.
Piața Unirii means Unification Square and is located in downtown Focșani. The obelisc is called Monument of the Unification.
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| Pulmonaria officinalis (left) & Amaranthus caudatus (right) |
Two beautiful nature stamps from 2012. The Pulmonaria officinalis is 1L and is paired with the brown bear; the Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding) is 60 bani and comes with the turkey.
Postcard from: Focșani, Moldavia, Romania.
Received: May 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 1L and another 60 bani from the animals and flowers series.
Thanks, Mircea!
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| Mănăstire Pologravi |
The
Polovragi Monastery is located in the Gorj county in Romania. Founded before 1505 as stated in some inscriptions, nowadays it shelters an outstanding museum collection of
icons and books of national patrimony. It is also home for a community of orthodox nuns.
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| Startflower (left) & peach blossom (right) |
Thanks to a Romanian friend, I already have a few of these and I must say I love the Romanian series of flowers and animals
Flora of Romania. On the left, there is the startflower stamp, whose scientific name is
borago officinalis (hence its other English name, borage) which in Romanian is called
limba mielului. We call this edible plant
borraja in Spanish. This flower comes with a little lamb, I guess she likes eating it. ♪
Edited: In Germany, it is called Boretsch. Thank you Leonie!
On the right, a beautiful watercolour of the peach (prunus persica) blossom. So delicate!
Postcard from: Bucharest, Romania.
Received: April 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 1.60 L borage & lamb stamp and one 50 bani peach blossom stamp.
Multumesc, Dorin!
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| Sucevița Monastery |
Again travelling to Romania but this time with a postcard. One of the famous monasteries of Moldavia: the Sucevița Monastery (Suceava, Romania). It was built in 1585 by Movilă brothers in Gothic style with all its walls covered by fresco paintings inspired by Byzantine art. It was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010. Still in use, the Orthodox nuns have a pleasant life of work and prayer there.
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| Fortified church of Biertan |
The stamp also shows another UNESCO WHS! This is the fortified church of Biertan (Transylvania, Romania), UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.
I love how the whole postcard is WHS and church themed. ♥ The sender is the 2nd on most postcards sent range of her country so I guess she knows well how this postcrossing swap works. ♪
Postcard from: Rădăuţi, Suceava County, Romania.
Received: February 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 2.10 L fortified church of Biertan (Transylvania, Romania).
Thank you very much,
Anca!
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