Temple of Confucius

Postcard ID: CN-1612410
Country: China

The Temple and Cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong Family Mansion are three important sites in Confucianism. They are located in Qufu, Shandong Province. Together with the Summer Palace in Beijing and the Mountain Resort of Chengde, the Temple of Confucius in Qufu is one of the three largest ancient architectural complexes in China. East of the Temple of Confucius, is the Kong Family Mansion. Kong is the family surname of Confucius and his descendants.

Confucianism has had the most enduring and profound effect over Chinese culture. As time went on, Confucius became respected as a sage, and the temples to Confucius were built as a landmark for all of China. Among them, the Temple in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, is the most famous and the largest.

Included in UNESCO world heritage list.

Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol

Postcard ID: RU-3645356
Country: Russia

Here is an interesting art postcard sent to me by Dasha from Russia. I think that everyone knows who is Marilyn Monroe, so I'll add to this post some info about Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.

It's coffee time

Postcard ID: PL-1052851
Country: Poland

As I always I'm really happy to receive coffee card. I think that better that coffee card can be only coffee card with coffee flavor, huh :)

All my coffee cards can be viewable following this link.

Also here 2 2 new stamps for me. One is from series Polish Cities - Katowice issued in 2005 and another one is from Registered Mail series issued in 2013.