Wiki'd Buildings On Stamps

Fort George, Scotland is shown on this international postcard rate stamp of private courier Universal Mail of the U.K.

According to Wikipedia, "Fort George...is a large 18th-century fortress...to the north-east of Invernesses the Highland Council area of Scotland. It was built to pacify the Scottish highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, replacing a Fort George in Inverness constructed after the 1715 Jacobite rising to control the area. The current fortress has never been attacked and has remained in continuous use as a garrison."

A few more buildings from China, stamps issued 1976.



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Czechoslovakia
Old New Synagogue Prague
May 22, 1967
Old New Synagogue situated in Josefov, Prague, is the oldest active synagogue in Europe. It is also the oldest surviving medieval synagogue.

Germany
Castle Tangermünde Millennary
January 2, 2009
Castle Tangermünde is a partially preserved castle on the Elbe in the town of Tangermünde in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt. The castle was built around 925 by Ascanian margraves.

Switzerland
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
September 9, 2003
Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Roman Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Abbey of Saint John is an ancient Benedictine monastery in the Swiss municipality of Val Müstair, in the Canton of Graubünden.

Bulgaria
EUROPA - Visit Bulgaria
April 4, 2012
Patriarchal Church is a former Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the city of Veliko Tarnovo in north central Bulgaria. The current buildings were reconstructed in the 1970s and 1980s.

Greece
EUROPA - Castles
May 17, 2017
Methoni Castle is a medieval fortification in the port town of Methoni in southwestern Greece.
Palamidi Castle is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in southern Greece. The fortress was built in 1686-1715 by the Venetians.

Hungary
Palaces in Hungary
September 3, 2018
Széchenyi Palace is a historic mansion in Nagycenk, Hungary. It was built in the Baroque style by the Széchenyi family through consecutive generations.
Festetics Palace is a Baroque palace located in the town of Keszthely, Zala, Hungary. The palace's construction, started by Kristóf Festetics in 1745, lasted more than a century.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbia)
Monasteries
October 30, 2018
Osovica Monastery is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, belongs to the Diocese of Banja Luka. The age of the foundation dates back to the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century.
Liplje Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Annunciation and located in the Municipality of Tesli#263; in northern Republika Srpska. The earliest mention of the monastery is dated to the second half of the 15th century.

This Greek 65 cent computer-vended stamp of 2004 depicts the Parthenon on the acropolis in Athens. It is Michel #22.

France
Portraits of Regions IX
February 26, 2007
Château de Chantilly is a historic château located in the town of Chantilly, about 50 kilometers north of Paris. It is one of the finest art galleries in France and is open to the public.
Saint-Malo is a historic walled city in Brittany on the Channel coast. The old town is surrounded by tall granite walls.

United Nations (Vienna)
World Heritage Sites - Ruins of Aggstein Castle
January 1, 2002
Aggstein Castle is a ruined castle on the right bank of the Danube in Wachau, Austria. The castle dates to the 12th century.

Sweden
Swedish Castles
January 28, 2010
Vadstena Slott is a former Royal castle in Vadstena, the province of Östergötland. It was originally built by King Gustav I in 1545 as a fortress.
Ulriksdals Slott is a Royal palace situated on the banks of the Edsviken in the Royal National City Park in Solna Municipality. It was built by architect Hans Jacob Kristler in 1643-1645 as a country retreat.
Tjolöholms Slott is a country house built 1898-1904, in Halland. It is located on a peninsula in the Kungsbacka Fjord on the Kattegat coast.

Spain
Tourism - Castles
August 13, 1966
Castillo de La Mota is a medieval fortress located in the town of Medina del Campo, province of Valladolid.
Castillo de Olite is is a castle-palace in the town of Olite, in Navarre.
August 11, 1967
Castillo de Coca is located in the Coca municipality, central Spain. The castle was constructed in the 15th century.
Castillo de Loarre is a Romanesque Castle and Abbey located near the town of the same name, Huesca Province.

Romania
Romanian Athenaeum
February 22, 2013
Romanian Athenaeum is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania and a landmark of the Romanian capital city. Opened in 1888, the building is....... home of the George Enescu Philharmonic and of the George Enescu annual international music festival.