The construction of the Mirsky Castle began at the end of the 15th century, in the Gothic architecture style. Building of the castle was completed by Duke Ilinich in the early 16th century near village Mir, western Belarus. Around 1568 the Mir Castle passed into the hands of Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, who finished building the castle in the Renaissance style.
The second postcard shows the burial vault of the last owners of Mir – the princes Svyatopolk-Mirskys, situated in the nearby picturesque park.
I have received these cards last year, but its good that I have them for posting today for the 116th edition of Viridian's Sunday Stamps :) The themes for this week are Christian symbols, Easter symbols, or flowers, esp. cherry blossoms. Unfortunatelly I can only participate with flower stamps...and I like this set from Belarus, especially as I rarely receive more than a few definitives on postcards from there...
The four stamps are from a set of eight showing garden flowers, issued in June 2008. They are Narcissus, Lily, Peony and Petunia. I don't know much about flowers but I am getting more and more curious about nature, agriculture, botany...and wine-making ;)
You can check other entries, some really cute ones!
I love the flower stamps and the I love the postcards. I have a few of the outside of Mir Castle but none like these.
OdgovoriIzbrišiThis is a very cool castle!
OdgovoriIzbrišiI have seen the daffodils from Belarus, but not the other stamps. Thank you for sharing them with us.
OdgovoriIzbrišiBeautiful postcards and stamps, the second postcard is very nice, it looks a beautiful setting for a mausoleum.
OdgovoriIzbrišiI can send you a postcard from one of your UK missing UNESCO sites, if you would like :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiFour beautiful stamps. I don't see many stamps from Belarus so it's good to see something new,
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