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| 1974: Norman Art in Sicily |
The cover photo is the church of San Giovanni degli Ermiti, originally the site of a monastery founded in 581, turned into a mosque by North African Berbers in the 9th Century then restored as a church by the Normans in the 12th Century
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| 1974: Norman Art - Mosaics |
Travel north from the warm Mediterranean to
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| 1993: Tourist Attractions |
Ummannaq, Greenland's most northerly town, and its 'new' church dedicated in 1935. The abandoned Norse settlement of Hvalso and the medieval church ruin to which the Hurtigruten ships run a boat tour and everyone learns about Norse life.
Sunday Stamps theme this week is - Places of Worship - for more pray visit See It On A Postcard
7 comments:
A great selection today, and those Greenland stamps are really special.
A big travel from South to North!
I think it is not so usual to see a stamp depicting that sort of ruins. Maybe am I wrong?
Wonderful stamps from Greenland! the Italian stamps showing mosaics are interesting,
Great Greenland stamps. Yes the Vikings settled there, and lasted some years!
Such tiny windows in the Greenland church!
It's interesting when old monasteries/churches/mosques are repurposed throughout the ages. Keeps a beautiful building lasting longer for all of us in the future to enjoy.
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