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  • SitFlyer
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 2002
    • 7178

    #1606
    Shouldn't be long now.

    Yes

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    • Brian Ellis
      Super MURCer
      • Sep 1999
      • 9623

      #1607
      I'll do some wild guessing here, please tell me where I'm wrong.

      This ruin is on the edge of the flood plain of a river which has been canalised. The birds may be snowy egrets which have a wide habitat from 0° to ~±45° latitude. What was the purpose of the building? I don't suppose it was a prison, as being too obvious from the previous one. So why would one build such a place remote from other habitations? My guess is that it may have exploited some local produce or mineral, as it looks in no way defensive. The more obvious answer to this line of reasoning is the produce from the flood plain, some form of grain mill? But where would the workers come from? I suggest that the LH part may be where they lived. Is that a chapel on the extreme left? I don't think the vegetation on the hills is very useful; it could be any type of forest. Nor is the architectural style.

      OK, here goes: it was a monastery used by a working order of monks in the ex-communist bloc of Europe, possibly in the lower reaches of the Danube or some other river flowing into the Black Sea.
      Brian (the devil incarnate)

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      • lecter
        Super MURCer
        • May 2002
        • 1467

        #1608
        Are we starting a new trend here? Port Arthur prison, Tasmania
        All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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        • SitFlyer
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 2002
          • 7178

          #1609
          See Brian, it really is a prison

          lecter is correct.

          Not starting a trend. It was just a coincidence. I had that one ready to post since last weekend.
          Last edited by SitFlyer; 21 November 2004, 01:35.

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          • lecter
            Super MURCer
            • May 2002
            • 1467

            #1610
            Check out this one...I've met some people from this particular place, it's definitely on my "Must-Go" destination list. Googling for images from it just wetted this desire even more
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            All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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            • Brian Ellis
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 1999
              • 9623

              #1611
              Adriatic coast?
              Brian (the devil incarnate)

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              • SitFlyer
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 2002
                • 7178

                #1612
                I'll guess Lisbon or somewhere else in Portugal???
                Last edited by SitFlyer; 21 November 2004, 02:12.

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                • lecter
                  Super MURCer
                  • May 2002
                  • 1467

                  #1613
                  Brian's onto it this time What city, though?
                  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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                  • SitFlyer
                    Super MURCer
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 7178

                    #1614
                    Kotor???

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                    • lecter
                      Super MURCer
                      • May 2002
                      • 1467

                      #1615
                      Nope.
                      All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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                      • SitFlyer
                        Super MURCer
                        • Aug 2002
                        • 7178

                        #1616
                        Croatia?

                        Perhaps, Pula???

                        edit: Trogir????
                        Last edited by SitFlyer; 21 November 2004, 04:19.

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                        • lecter
                          Super MURCer
                          • May 2002
                          • 1467

                          #1617
                          Trogir it is
                          All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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                          • SitFlyer
                            Super MURCer
                            • Aug 2002
                            • 7178

                            #1618
                            That last one was difficult. Many of those cities look very similar.

                            I've had this one around for a bit.
                            Name the structure. Enjoy
                            Last edited by SitFlyer; 21 November 2004, 04:43.

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                            • lecter
                              Super MURCer
                              • May 2002
                              • 1467

                              #1619
                              Is it a Roman viaduct in France?
                              All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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                              • Brian Ellis
                                Super MURCer
                                • Sep 1999
                                • 9623

                                #1620
                                Could be S. Europe from the vegetation, possibly N. Africa. The viaduct could be late 19th c, from the style, and the high span in the middle suggests there may be navigable water under it??? There is a suggestion of what may be road traffic, but the photo isn't clear enough to be sure.
                                Brian (the devil incarnate)

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