Finland - Hotel Rantasipi Laajavuori

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Official Postcrossing card sent from Finland.

Belgium - Het Broodhuis, Brussel

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Official postcrossing card sent from Belgium to Portugal. Het Broodhuis, Brussel.

THE KING'S HOUSE (a.k.a "Het Broodhuis" or "La maison du roi")
The beautiful neo-gothic building with its many decorative statues is the "Maison du Roi" in French or "Broodhuis" in Dutch. It now harbours the historical City Museum.
After the French bombardment of 1695 the building was restored as far as necessary to keep it from collapsing.

Opening hours
Tuesday to Friday : from 10 am till 5 pm
Weekends and holidays : from 10am till 1pm
Closed on Mondays.
Admission
2,48 € (Euro) per person, 1,98 € (Euro) per person for groups of min. 12 persons
Location
Grote Markt / Grand'Place - 1000 Brussels -Tel : +32(0)2-279 43 50

Star Wars - Queen Amidala

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Official Postcrossing card sent from Finland to Portugal. Star Wars - Queen Amidala

Tirri Cartoons

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Official postcrossing card sent from Finland to Portugal.

Cecilia - Henrique Pousão

Henrique César de Araújo Pousão (Vila Viçosa, 1 January 1859 - Vila Viçosa, 20 March 1884) was a Portuguese painter.
Pousão belonged to the naturalist generation, like António Silva Porto and João Marques de Oliveira, though his work was not so closely related as theirs to impressionism. In Paris he appears to have been influenced by Manet, especially in his use of black in equal proportion to other colours. Some critics have seen in his landscape works, rendered in a looser, expressive style, a prelude to modern art and abstraction. This approach appears in the abstract plains of colour and textures of his 1882 paintings Miragem and Fachada de Porta Soterrada. Some of his best works were painted on small wood panels no bigger than 100mm x 160mm in a poetic, luminous style.

The best collection of his work is at the National Museum Soares dos Reis, in Porto

Croatia - Pula

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Official postcrossing card sent from Croatia to Portugal.
Pula is a 3000 ears old city. It is famous for its buildings built by Romans. One of them is the Amphitheatre Arena, where gladiator fights took place. today there are held concerts and festivals.

Italy - La Scala

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Postcard sent from Italy to Portugal. Theatre La Scala.
The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is also known), in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.

La Scala's season traditionally opens on 7 December, Saint Ambrose's Day, the feast day of Milan's patron saint. All performances must end before midnight; long operas start earlier in the evening if need be. Ticketholders are not allowed to enter after the performance has begun.

The La Scala Museum (Museo Teatrale alla Scala), accessible from the theatre's foyer and a part of the house, contains an extraordinary collection of paintings, drafts, statues, costumes, and other documents regarding opera and La Scala's history.