Our 57th postcard has been headed for Oklahoma City, the capital of the US state of Oklahoma, almost 7,500 km away!
Hope our American friend Briana will like this card featuring Rafael Cachaldora's vibrant illustration of Rúa Lepanto from which you have charming views of Ourense's cathedral:
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the American state
of Oklahoma with a population of almost 600,000. Oklahoma City has the largest
municipal population of any city in the Great Plains region of the central United States as
well as all neighboring states to Oklahoma excluding Texas and
Colorado.
OKLAHOMA CITY IS FAMOUS
FOR…
… having one of the
world's largest livestock markets. Oil, natural gas, petroleum and related industries are the
largest sector of the local economy. The city is in the middle of an active oil
field. The federal government employs large numbers of workers at Tinker Air
Force Base and the US Department
of Transportation’s Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (these two sites house several offices of the Federal
Aviation Administration and
the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively).
… being the birthplace
of well-known filmmaker Ron Howard, who directed films as popular as Cocoon (1985), Apollo Thirteen (1995), A
Beautiful Man (2001) and The Da Vinci
Code (2006).
The Oklahoma State
Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the
building that houses the Oklahoma Legislature and executive branch offices. It
is located along Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City. The present structure
includes a dome completed in 2002.
The Oklahoma City
National Memorial is a memorial in the United States that honors the victims,
survivors, rescuers, and all who were affected by the Oklahoma City bombing on
April 19, 1995. The memorial is located in downtown Oklahoma City on the former
site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was destroyed in the 1995
bombing. This building was located on NW 5th Street between N. Robinson Avenue
and N. Harvey Avenue.
Originally known as the
Ford Center from 2002 to 2010 and Oklahoma City Arena until 2011, it is an
arena located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It opened in
2002 and since 2008 has served as the home venue of the Oklahoma City Thunder
of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In addition to its use
as a sports venue, Chesapeake Energy Arena hosts concerts, family and social
events, conventions, ice shows, and civic events. The arena is owned by the
city and operated by the SMG property management company and has 18,203 seats
in the basketball configuration, 15,152 for hockey, and can seat up to 16,591
for concerts.
This is a zoo and
botanical garden located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District in northeast
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The zoo covers 119
acres (48 ha) and is home to more than 1,900 animals. It is open every day
except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The Oklahoma City Zoo is an
accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the American
Alliance of Museums.
Watch this video to
find out more about Oklahoma’s capital city:
Eva
Pousa, our secretary and head of the English department, has sent us a lovely
postcard from Southampton, the town she has travelled to in order to attend the
course "School Management and Quality Evaluation" after having
received an Erasmus + mobility grant.
We
are thrilled to hear that she's learning so much from instructors and fellow
participants. Here are some photos of her stay. Visit our school'sErasmus+ blog to find out more about Eva's stay.
