The official residence of the President of the Philippines is Malacañan Palace, situated in the old Manila district of San Miguel.
The first recorded owner of the property is Luis Rocha, a Spaniard in the Galleon trade. The Rocha property was built of stone, described as being a relatively modest country house.
published July 18th, 2013
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At the time of the creation of the European Community of Coal & Steel Court of Justice in 1952, the town of Luxembourg put the Villa Vauban at the disposition of the newly created institution in order to set up there the offices of the seven judges and two prosecuting lawyers.
published December 21st, 2012
The National Council (Conseil National), the Principality of Monaco’s Parliament, will soon have new headquarters.
published December 13th, 2012
This delightful stamp issue depicts images taken from black and white photographs of old buildings and streets that no longer exist on the Isle of Man but brought back to life in colour with memories and research. The 38p stamp shows shoppers with the Christmas tree lights at the Courthouse in Ramsey which is now Ramsey Post Office.
published December 8th, 2012
A “Tamar Development Project” stamp sheetlet was released for sale with associated philatelic products on 15 December 2011 (Thursday).
The Tamar Development Project covers the design and construction of the new Chief Executive’s Office, the Central Government Offices, the Legislative Council Complex, an extensive open space and two elevated walkways. Hongkong Post issues a stamp sheetlet to commemorate this important landmark project. (read more)
published December 20th, 2011
Since the middle of September 2008, Vienna’s Western Railway Station has been undergoing conversion work to create the Vienna West BahnhofCity, the first “railway station city” in Austria, a process that was carried out without operations being interrupted and with special account being taken of monument preservation. The new Western Station is a major milestone of the Austrian Railways “station campaign” in the course of which the most highly frequented stations have been upgraded to the latest technical and architectural standard with a strong focus on customer service.
published November 5th, 2011
On the 11th October 2011, Jersey Post issued the first set of stamps in a new series entitled “Jersey Architecture”. Mills are recorded in Jersey from the 12th century and most of what remains is post-medieval. Over the years and centuries, uses ranged from grinding wheat, malted barely and corn to breaking sugar cones, for example. Whilst some of Jersey’s watermills and windmills now lie in ruins, others are privately owned or have been restored by the National Trust for Jersey and are open to the public.
published October 15th, 2011
The Quintas da Madeira, witness to centuries past, keep the story of who gave them life and name. Aristocratic families found themselves in Madeira where the dream of shaping a life. These infrastructures show us a way of life rooted in the feudal system of past centuries and kept alive the memories of the heyday of the route and Sugar Madeira Wine. Each farm has a story to tell, the interiors of the houses are fragments of a life and beauty of the gardens conceal a greater or lesser variety of endemic flora of the region.
published October 11th, 2011
St Margaret’s of Karuse was built in the third quarter of the 13th century as a fortified church next to a trade route passing from Saaremaa to North Estonia. It is one of the oldest West-Estonian churches. Master of the Order Otto von Luttenberg, who fell in a battle against the Lithuanians on the Suur väin (Moon Sund) ice near Karuse in 1270, is believed to have been the builder of the church and is probably buried in it.
published September 19th, 2011
On August 20 the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia passed the decision on the independence of Estonia. The decision restored the independence of the Republic of Estonia declared in 1918, which had been defended in the War of Independence in 1918-1920 and had been lost when the Soviet Union first occupied and then unlawfully incorporated Estonia. In the period of four years prior to the restoration of independence the Estonians’ aspiration for liberty had been seeking for an outlet more and more vigorously; its immediate incentive, however, was a coup attempt on the previous day in the Soviet Union.
published September 6th, 2011
The name of this new commemorative stamp might be a little confusing, since it is not the Künstlerhaus itself that is celebrating a round anniversary this year, but rather the “Genossenschaft der bildenden Künstler Wiens” (“Vienna Artists & Cooperative”), a professional association of painters, sculptors and architects that resulted from the merger of the two predecessor associations, “Eintracht” and the “Albrecht-Dürer-Verein” in 1861, and took up residence a few years later, in 1868, in the new Künstlerhaus. In 1897 a number of modern artists seceded from the Künstlerhaus and founded the Vienna Secession, the first step towards the Künstlerhaus losing its function as the artists & official representative. In 1976, after having long been open to artists working in the field of the applied arts, the association was finally renamed as the “Gesellschaft bildender Künstler Österreichs, Künstlerhaus” (Austrian Society of Artists, Künstlerhaus). The Künstlerhaus-GesmbH company was founded in 1985 and still today organises top-quality exhibitions – not only of its own but also for other museums and renowned international institutions.
published August 18th, 2011