A nice surprise swapcard from one of my favourite places, Bratislava in Slovakia. " The land of castles". Thank you so much Andrea for this swap to add to my "Flags of the World" collection.
Posted Bratislava 19 August : Arrived Sydney 01 September : Traveled 13 days.
Greetings from SLOVAKIA.: Pozdrav zo Slovenska.
SLOVAKIA covers some 49, 035 KM2
POPULATION of Slovakia is 5,426,252 inhabitants.
LOCATION : Eastern Europe.
CAPITAL CITY is Bratislava.
UNIQUE to Slovakia is that it contains The highest number of Castles and Chateaux per capita in the world at 180 Castles and 425 Chateaux.
CAVES : Slovakia has more than 6,000 caves many are natural wonders such as Ochtinska Aragonite Cave ,The only one in Europe.
FAMOUS : The Cicmany Village is the first registration of "Folk Architecture" in the world with more than 130 houses.
MINES : The Slovak Opal mines more expensive than gold and the largest opal mines in the world.
HISTORY.:The Venus of Moravany a small prehistoric female figurine made of mammoth tusk ivory dated to 22,800 BC.
INDEPENDENCE.: 1st January 1993 . Establishment Day for the Slovak Republic.
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