13. 05. 2012.

St. Hilarion Castle, (Northern) Cyprus


Saint Hilarion Castle is situated in the Kyrenia Mountains in Northern Cyprus; at first it was a monastery (10th cent.) named after a saint who allegedly chose this place for hermitage, later in the 11th cent. the Byzantines begun fortification. Much of the castle was dismantled by the Venetians in the 15th century.

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is a self-declared state, recognised only by Turkey; it is considered under occupation by the international community. However, they have separate postal system from Cyprus - this is why I was so thrilled to be able to do this swap! On top of everything, I received such an amazing view :) Huge thanks to crtekoza who offered to send cards from her travels xD

4 komentara:

  1. Moćan pogled... Ja mislio na Kipru nema snijega... :D

    Agi separatisto, ne postoji TRNC, sve je to Kipar.. :P :))) btw, UPU im ne priznaje markice...super za nas kolekcionare :D

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  2. ajoj nemoj me strašiti...uvik se mislin kad postan tako neki diskutabilni sadržaj..! al' gušt mi je čitat tvoje komentare i nasmijen se xD

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  3. ahah, hvala, drago mi je da nasmijem ljude :D ja sam imao negativnih komentara baš od katune iz gruzije zbog abhazije i južne osetije na listi missing countries :/

    a unaprijed me hvata panika kad nekad dobijem razglednicu iz kosova pa je budem objavio......očekujem lavinu drvlja i kamenja na mene... ali ipak, jedva čekam da je dobijem, hihi :D

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  4. i ja bi rado da dobijen kosovo...i sve šta još ima :)tribalo bi možda staviti naglasak na filatelističku vridnost da se ljudi ne jute...a ko će sve to..!

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