Wiki'd Buildings On Stamps

United Arab Emirates
24th January 2016
6th Anniversary of the Burj Khalifa



828 metres high, 200 storeys, of which 160 are habitable. Inaugurated January 4th 2010.
It became the tallest man-made structure in 2007, after construction started in January 2004.
It uses 330,000 cu. m of concrete, 39,000 tonnes steel reinforcement, 103, 000 sq.m of glass, it took 22 million man-hours to build. (Emirates Post information leaflet).

I don't have many decent photos of the building from when I lived in the UAE, but this gives an impression of the scale when seen from near to the Dubai Mall.

United Arab Emirates
31st October 2013
Qasr al Hosn
(oldest stone building in Abu Dhabi city)






detail from MS:

France
Castles and Mansions
June 11, 2012
Château de Pompadour is located in the town of Arnac-Pompadour in the department of Corrèze, in the region of New Aquitaine. Its oldest parts date back to the 11th century.
Palais du Luxembourg is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse...... Since 1958 it has been the seat of the French Senate of the Fifth Republic.

France
Castles and Mansions
June 11, 2012
Château de Pierrefonds is situated in the commune of Pierrefonds in the Oise département (Picardy). It was built between 1393 and 1407.
Château de Puyguilhem is located in the commune of Villars in north of the Dordogne, France. The Renaissance style castle was built between 1514 and 1535.

Portugal
Seven Wonders of Portugal
June 14, 2007
Jerónimos Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality. It is one of the most prominent examples of the Portuguese Late Gothic Manueline style of architecture in Lisbon.
Belém Tower is a fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon. The tower was commissioned by King John II to be part of a defense system at the mouth of the Tagus river and a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.

Austria
Monasteries and Abbeys
June 29, 1989
St Peter's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery and former cathedral[1] in the Austrian city of Salzburg. It is considered one of the oldest monasteries in the German-speaking area, and in fact the oldest with a continuous history since its foundation in 696.
March 9, 1990
Engelszell Abbey is a Trappist monastery, the only one in Austria. It is located near Engelhartszell an der Donau in the Innviertel in Upper Austria. The abbey was founded in 1293 by Bernhard of Prambach, Bishop of Passau, as a Cistercian monastery.

Austria
Monasteries and Abbeys
May 20, 1988
Zwettl Abbey is a Cistercian monastery located in Zwettl in Lower Austria, in the Diocese of St. Pölten. It was founded in 1137 by Hadmar I of Kuenring.
Wilten Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery located at the foot of Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria.

Belgium
Ghent
March 14, 2016
Saint Bavo Cathedral is an 89-meter-tall Gothic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. It is the seat of the diocese of Ghent. It is named for Saint Bavo of Ghent.

Mercosur - National Architecture
May 5, 2007
Wikipedia: The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (MALBA) is a museum located in the Palermo section of Buenos Aires. The museum was organized around the Costantini Collection, and has continued to expand its selection of works from modern artists across Latin America.

United Nations (New York)
World Heritage - Germany
May 7, 2009
Aachen Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, western Germany, and the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen. It is one of the oldest cathedrals in Europe.

France
Castles and Mansions
June 11, 2012
Château de Lesdiguières à Vizille is located in the French department of Isere on the commune Vizille, 16 kilometers south-east of Grenoble.
Château de Saumur is located in the French town of Saumur, in the Maine-et-Loire département. It overlooks the confluence of the Loire and the Thouet.

Italy
Leaning Tower of Pisa
October 8, 1973
Wikipedia: Leaning Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt. The tower's tilt began during construction in the 12th century...... It gradually increased until the structure was stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Portugal
500th Anniversary of the Torre de Belém
July 1, 2015
Wikipedia: Torre de Belém is a fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal....... The tower was built in the early 16th century and is a prominent example of the Portuguese Manueline style......The structure was built from lioz limestone and is composed of a bastion and a 30-meter, four-story tower.

Malta
Castles and Towers
September 28, 2006
San Lucjan Tower is a large bastioned watchtower and polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta. The original tower was built by the Order of Saint John between 1610 and 1611.......In the 1870s, the fort was rebuilt by the British in the polygonal style.

Liechtenstein
EUROPA - Castles
March 6, 2017
Gutenberg Castle is a preserved castle in the town of Balzers, Liechtenstein. The first written record of the castle's name comes from 1296. The castle received a substantial restoration between 1905 and 1912.