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Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

This is another postcard in the series of Europa commemoratives.  It features the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice with the stamp as a 150th anniversary issue.

The university is a public university located on the Grand Canal of Venice in the palace of Ca’ Foscari.  Founded in 1868 it has 8 departments; Economics, Philosophy and cultural heritage, Management, Environment science, computer science and statistics, Molecular science and nanosystems, Linguistic and comparative cultural studies, Humanities and Asian and Mediterranean African studies.  Today there are approximately 21,000 students.  It ranks 5th out of 89 universities in Italy.  

 150th anniversary commemorative stamp

The stamp and the illustration both show the gateway to the campus.

Thanks as always to our friend who shares the postcards.

For additional information, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca’_Foscari_University_of_Venice