Showing posts with label Denmark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Denmark. Show all posts

Sunday, 7 October 2018

Roskilde Cathedral,Denmark




Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe. It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century. Porches and side chapels were added up to the end of the 19th century. Thus it provides a clear overview of the development of European religious architecture.
Date of Inscription: 1995
Ref: 695rev
Source-(Unesco.Org)
Thank you very much Doris for this re-sent card from Sweden.
The card  sent from Denmark  unluckily did not find its way to me.
1st stamp-
1875 Stamp- Royal Emblem - Value in "ØRE"
OR
1895 -1901 Royal Emblem - New Drawing - Value in "ØRE" - Different Perforation
OR
1902 -1903 Royal Emblem - New Drawing - Value in "ØRE" - Different Watermark
2nd Stamp-
1913 Stamp- King Christian X

Monday, 23 July 2018

Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement,Denmark.




Founded in 1773 in South Jutland, the site is an example of a planned settlement of the Moravian Church, a Lutheran free congregation centred in Herrnhut, Saxony. The town was planned to represent the Protestant urban ideal, constructed around a central Church square. The architecture is homogenous and unadorned, with one and two-storey buildings in yellow brick with red tile roofs.
Date of Inscription: 2015
Ref: 1468  ( unesco.org )
Thank you Doris for the lovely card.
1950-51 Stamp- Frederik IX
1933 stamp-Ship: Karavel
2005 Stamp-Definitive.


Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church,Denmark.





The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic stone and the church illustrate the Christianization of the Danish people towards the middle of the 10th century.Its incised inscription, beneath an inscribed interlaced Nordic dragon, reads "King Harald bade this monument be made in memory of Gorm his father and Thyra his mother, that Harald who won for himself all Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christians"The original position of an adjacent smaller runic stone is not known. However, the stone has been in its present location since about 1630. Its inscription reads "King Gorm made this monument to his wife Thyra, Denmark's ornament"
Date of Inscription: 1994
Minor boundary modification inscribed year: 2018
Ref: 697bis  ( unesco.org )
Thank you Doris for the fascinating site card
1942 and 1946 Stamp-King Christian X.
1961-7 Stamp- King Frederik IX
2005 Stamp-Definitive stamp

Monday, 25 June 2018

Stevns Klint,Denmark



This geological site comprises a 15 km-long fossil-rich coastal cliff, offering exceptional evidence of the impact of the Chicxulub meteorite that crashed into the planet at the end of the Cretaceous, about 65 million years ago. Researchers think that this caused the most remarkable mass extinction ever, responsible for the disappearance of over 50 per cent of all life on Earth. The site harbours a record of the cloud of ash formed by the impact of the meteorite – the exact site being at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. An exceptional fossil record is visible at the site, showing the complete succession of fauna and micro-fauna charting the recovery after the mass extinction.
Date of Inscription: 2014
Ref: 1416 ( unesco.org )
Thank you Genek for this beautiful card with nice stamp and writeup.
2018 Stamp- Art - Smile by Yoko Ono


Friday, 11 May 2018

Kronborg Castle,Denmark.




Kronborg Castle is located north of Elsinore on a strategically important site commanding the Sound (Øresund), a narrow stretch of water between Denmark and Sweden. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kronborg Castle played a key role in the history of Northern Europe.The castle itself is a Renaissance building with four wings surrounding a spacious courtyard. The bright sandstone facades are characterized by horizontal bands and the front walls are balanced by towers and spires. The castle is extensively and richly decorated with sandstone ornaments in unique and imaginative designs. The Great Hall (the banqueting hall) is one of the most exquisite rooms from this time – and the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. Kronborg Castle is also world famous as the setting of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Thank you Doris for sending this beautiful card while visiting Denmark.
Date of Inscription: 2000
Ref: 696rev (unesco.org)
2018 Stamp- Art - The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Bjørn Wiinblad, 1913-2006
(3 out of 5 stamp set)


Monday, 13 June 2016

Wadden Sea, Denmark.


The Wadden Sea as well as The North Sea – Fanø¸’s West Coast is one lengthy sandy beach. 15km coastline for bathing, sports, accumulating brownish-yellow, seals as well as a lot more. The eastern coastline has tidal flats with birds, oysters and also tide.
Fano¸ supplies fantastic nature experiences all the time.