Bulgaria: Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo with Postcrossing Stamp

This is the 300th UNESCO World Heritage Site in my collection. Big Thanks to everybody who helped me to achieve this aim!

Today I got two postcards: one from Bulgaria and one from Spain.

The card from Bulgaria shows a fresco from the Holy Virgin's Rock Church, one of the Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo. The Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo are a group of Orthodox church buildings forming a monastery complex. They are carved into stone and differ from all other monasteries in Bulgaria. The frescoes are a special feature of the complex. The Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo are since 1979 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamps:
Churches (from set of six) (issued 01-09-2000)
Postcrossing (issued 23-12-2015)

Thank You very much Christina!

Bulgaria: Madara Rider

Today I got a postcard from Bulgaria.

The card shows the Madara Rider. The Madara Rider represents a figure of a knight triumphing over a lion. It is carved together with inscriptions of events that occurred between AD 705 and 801 into a 100-m-high cliff near the village of Madara in north-east Bulgaria. Before Bulgaria's conversion to Christianity Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire. The Madara Rider is since 1979 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stamp:
50 Years Membership in UNESCO (issued 29-06-2006)

Thank You very much Christina!

Bulgaria: Sofia

Yesterday I received my first card from Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is a country in Southeast Europe bordering on Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. Bulgaria is a member of the EU, of the NATO and of the UN.

Bulgaria is the third new country from which I received I card this week.

The postcard shows four views of Bulgaria's capital Sofia. Sofia is the largest city in Bulgaria and the 15th largest city in the EU.

Stamp:
50 years first satellite (issued 25-04-2007)
Sputnik was launched under the Soviet space program. Sputnik 1 was in 1957 the first satellite and was the beginning of the Soviet space program.

Thank You very much Christina!