Belarus

Watercolour cards always have a unique charm, I'd say :) This one in particular depicts Nesvizc Castle, located in Belarus. It's a a residential castle of the Radziwiłł family, an old noble family of Lithuanian origin. You can learn much more about this interesting family here. The estate has been owned by the  Radziwiłł family since the middle ages and even the Lithuanian Archive was moved there. What an influential family!  In 1994, the castle complex was designated the national historical and cultural reserve. In 2005 the castle complex was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site as well. 

Many thanks to Maria for beautiful postcard and even nicer stamps!

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Igor sent me this official postcard from Brest, Belarus, showing St. Simon Stolpnik Cathedral. Thank you ;)

Belarus

Gomel, also known as Homel or Homeil, is the second-largest city in Belarus with the population of around 500,000 people. The city is situated on the right bank of Sozh river, in the southeastern part of the country, 300km from Minsk. Linguists think that the city's name derive from ancient Slavic word "gom", meaning "hill" in English. The modern form of the city's name has been used only since 16th century.

The postcard itself shows chapel-tomb of Paskevichs family. Thanks to Veronika for this beautiful postcard which, after the whole month of travelling, found a safe way to my mailbox.

Belarus

Few days ago I found this nice card in my mailbox. It really made me happy because I didn't have any cards from Belarus, so this is my first one. Little by little, my list of missing European countries is getting smaller and smaller.

Minsk is the capital city of Belarus, situated on two rivers ( Niamiha and Svislach) with the population of about 1.8 million residents. The card shows the hotel "Europe" placed at the crossroad of Lenin and International streets in the centre of Minsk. In the left corner we can also see the coat of arms of Minsk.

Thanks to Suzanna who send me my first postcard from Belarus!