Saturday, September 22, 2012

Moscow , Russia

An official one from Russia and its capital Moscow. After all my Asian -Siberian ones not bad for a change. I'm sure many Russian cards will follow but that country is so vast and diverse that it's hard to get bored with it !
In the picture you can see Novodevichy convent and now as usual Wiki speaks for me :


Novodevichy Convent, also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery (RussianНоводе́вичий монасты́рь, Богоро́дице-Смоле́нский монасты́рь), is probably the best-known cloister of Moscow. Its name, sometimes translated as the New Maidens' Monastery, was devised to differ from an ancient maidens' convent within the Moscow Kremlin. Unlike other Moscow cloisters, it has remained virtually intact since the 17th century. In 2004, it was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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