Guess where this is?

[KvHagedorn]

no

[KvHagedorn]

Here's a clue.. same basic thing, same site, new building.

[Brian Ellis]

Well, the architecture is clearly 11th century, possibly a fortified abbey or priory. As you evoke an historical event and there are numerous fortified ecclesiastical buildings in France, may I suggest it may have been where Guillaume the Bastard of Normandy was crowned, later William the Conq????

[KvHagedorn]

No.. wrong historical event, and not in France. The historical event took place at the earlier built manifestation on this site.

[Brian Ellis]

Could it be Lindisfarne Priory aka Holy Island, off the NE coast of England?

Holy Island's importance as a religious centre dates from AD 635, when the ecclesiastic St. Aidan established a church and monastery there with the aim of converting the Northumbrians. The Lindisfarne Gospels (produced on the island and now housed in the British Museum) are fine examples of 7th-century illuminated manuscripts. The threatof Danish raids caused the monastery to be abandoned in 875, and the monks fled inland with the body of St. Cuthbert (the sixth bishop), eventually settling at what became the inland cathedral city of Durham. The prior and convent of Durham refounded the monastery in 1082, and it was garrisoned at the end of the 16th century.

[KvHagedorn]

That's the place.

Though you mentioned a lot of history, the piece I was searching for was that this was the site of the first viking raid on England in 793.

Your turn..

[Umfriend]

Can I just say that you guys are unbelievable?

[KvHagedorn]

You should try visiting some of the history forums I've seen. Those guys can indentify an obscure WW1 colonel from a blurry, faded photograph.

[KvHagedorn]

Actually, this cute little game is based on that event.. it was posted here some time ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/vikingquest/index.shtml

[chaoliang]

A nice game.

[Brian Ellis]

Well, believe it or not, I lived quite close to Lindisfarne from 1957 to 1963, but I've never been on the island. The causeway is quite a problem as the tides can be deadly. I've been to numerous other Northumbrian sites, but not that one.

I know what I want to show for the next one, but I have it only on video. Rather than rip it, I'll have a look first to see whether I can find it on the 'Net. Will post it ASAP.

[Brian Ellis]

OK, here it is, two quite distinctive buildings to help you, name of city, please?

I'll post another one that will be a dead give-away if you don't get it.

[lecter]

Hmm, definitely this part of the world...Djakarta would be too obvious, I guess?

[Brian Ellis]

Far too obvious. A fairish distance away, in fact.

[lecter]

Then I reckon it is in India...damned if I can find the city, though.