Luxembourg

Received from: the USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date:  December 2015
Distance: 6596 km
Time of travelling: 10 days

St John`s Church is built on the site of an old Benedictine Abbey, which was established in the early 1600s, around the same time as the more famous Neumunster Abbey was built. The abbey wasn’t around for long however, being demolished to make way for the present church in the late 1700s. Now known as St Johns Church, the present building is a fantastic example of baroque/Renaissance architecture. Inside, St Johns Church is home to one of Luxembourg’s greatest religious treasures, the Black Madonna, which was created in the 14th Century and is said to have miracle powers.

Luxembourg

From: Luxembourg
Category: My collection
Date: April 2013

Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the north as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland ("good country") in the south. Luxembourg has a population of 524,853 (as of October 2012) in an area of 2,586 square kilometres (998 sq mi).

Luxembourg

Received from: Luxembourg
Category: from a friend
Date: August 2004

Luxembourg is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of over half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi). A representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, it is ruled by a grand duke. It is now the world's only remaining sovereign grand duchy. The country has a highly developed economy, with the world's highest GDP (nominal) per capita according to the IMF. However, it also suffers the world's highest external debt burden. Its historic and strategic importance dates back to its founding as a Roman era fortress site and Frankish count's castle site in the Early Middle Ages. It was an important bastion along the Spanish Road when Spain was the principal European power influencing the whole western hemisphere and beyond in the 16th–17th centuries.