3426 - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dundurn Castle is a neoclassical mansion found in Hamilton. It was completed in 1835 and built by Sir Allan MacNab. MacNab was a Canadian politician, land speculator, and property investor, lawyer, soldier, and militia commander. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, and was the joint premier of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1856.

Fun fact - MacNab is related to Queen Camilla, King Charles III's wife, Camilla is the Royal Patron of Dundurn Castle today.

Dundurn has been many things since MacNab's death. It was used as an institution for the deaf for a time. the City of Hamilton bought the Dundurn in 1899. In the late 1960s, Dundurn was restored as a Centennial project and is now designated a National Historic
Site of Canada.

Today, Dundurn operates as a civic museum.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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