MOLDOVA ~ Struve Geodetic Arc - Rudy - UNESCO

... Great postcard of country nr6 showing the Struve Geodetic Arc in my collection... A significant monument to science... thinking this chain was accomplished 200 years ago is simply astonishing... with fantastic matching souvenir stamp sheet (issued  to mark 200 years since the establishment of the Struve Geodetic Arc).... Thanks a lot Katerina!!【ツ】

The Struve Geodetic Arc is located in the village Rudy, north of Moldova, this point was set up in 1847. A monument was built which has been inaugurated in June 2006.

“The Struve Geodetic Arc” is a chain of old triangulation points extending for 2,820 km on the territory of ten European countries and representing a unique monument of science and technology.

The arc which stretches from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean, was measured from 1816 - 1855 and has been used to determine the the size and shape of the Earth.

In 2005, the chain was added on the World Heritage List. There are 34 plaques or obelisks out of the original 265.


Design:© Akexandr Kornienko

Fauna - Kishinev Zoo
(Issued 18-05-2013)

Ethnicities of Moldova
(Issued 21-06-2017)

The 200th Anniversary of the Struve Geodetic Arc
(Issued 11-02-2016)

Moldova ~Chișinău - Ethnography and Nature History National Mueseum ~

Had to wait for almost 4 years to receive my second great Moldova card...so a pretty special one and I really like it....Many thanks Nastia!!


With lovely stamps:
Fauna "Exotic butterflies"
(Issued 05-07-2013)
and definitives - Buildings from the Republic of Moldova
(Issued 15-02-2011)

The National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History is the oldest museum in Moldova. It is located in Chisinau, the capital of the country and was founded in October 1889.

 The museum is divided into 2 logical parts. The first one is dedicated to flora and fauna on the territory of Moldova. Here visitors see the flora and fauna of the country nowadays and also how it looked many years ago, how the nature here changed.

The other part of the museum is dedicated to people living on this territory, their customs and traditions. Here visitors see many ancient things which where used in every-day life and  the history of their developing is visible.

MOLDOVA ~Museum Complex Old Orhei~

Fantastic!!! Got a new country to enlarge my collection! :-)The Republic of Moldova is in Belgium larglely unknown and we never hear anything about this European country here... But this nature scenery is wonderful!


Love the stamp too!


Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south. The museum complex Old Orhei is a system of historical monuments and natural landscapes situated on meander headlands.Old Orhei is famous for the cave monasteries located there.Another construction of great interest is the Medieval Fortress.
In the “Peasant’s house of XIXth c.” museum, which is located in Butuceni, one can get acquainted with the ethnography of the site and life style of the Moldavian people.