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Warsaw: Palace of Culture

This is a really stunning card and I'm afraid my scan doesn't do it justice.  This is the Palace of Culture And Science in Warsaw, which was built in 1955.  It's a controversial building as it was a gift from the USSR to the Polish people and was dedicated to Josef Stalin.  It dominates the city skyline (many think it ruins the aesthetic balance between old and new town in the city).

It looks like a massive structure and is the largest building in Poland and the eighth largest in the European Union.  It has an exhibition center, office complex, as well as theaters, cinemas, museums, offices, bookshops and a conference hall.  

The stamp on the left commemorates Sieradz Cathedral located in the city of the same name.  I'm afraid I've not found any information on the second stamp, only that it is a manor house, Dwor w Janowcu Pulaw.

My first card and stamps from Poland!

Ljubljana, Slovenija

I've never come across a postcard like this--in the shape of a postage stamp with the edges perforated, so I was very pleased when it showed up in my mailbox.  It came by way of a postcard swap via Swap-Bot.  The picture shows the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana.  I'm not sure what the buildings are in the foreground, but the building atop the hill is the Ljubljana Castle which overlooks the Old Town.  It dates from the 12th century. 

And the stamp on the back of the card.  It's from a series of Slovene fauna--these little guys are storks.