I really loved getting this Flags of the World card from a friend in Finland.. Thank you so much Anu for this swap card..Another for my collection of "Flags of the World " series. and a rare one..
Posted Mariehamn : Aland Islands 27 April : Arrived Sydney 08 June.: Traveled 43 days..Kitos Anu.
Greetings fro Aland Islands.: Halsningar fra Aland Islands
ALAND ISLANDS cover an area of some 1,580 KM2,
POPULATION: of Aland is29.013 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY of Aland is Mariehamn.
LOCATION: of Aland is in the Aland Archipeligo of Islands.
UNIQUE to Aland is its location in The Aland Archipeligo which consists of some 6.700 named Islands about of which 60 are inhabited year around.
NAME : Aland's original name was in the "Proto Norse " language Ativa land which means "Land of water"
FAMOUS in Aland is the Kastelholm Castle , a Medieaval Castle built in the 1300's and restored between 1982 and 1989.
KOKAR ISLAND.: An isolated island where the ruins of a Medieval Franciscan Monastery is the main sight.
HISTORY : Neolithic Comb Ceramic Culture : members of the culture started settling the Island in about 7,000 years ago after the Islands had begun to re emerge from the sea after being pushed down by the weight of the Continental ice of the latest ice age.
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