ljandgb Posted January 9, 2021 #1851 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, knoxclone said: SIntra park in Portugal! You got it! It is the most schizophrenic architecture I've seen in a while. Technically the building is Pena Palace. It was a chapel from the middle ages, then a convent was built in the early 1500's but was damaged in the 1700's by lightning and an earthquake. Construction began to make it a palace mid 1800's. It was used less than 100 years before the monarchy fell and it became state property and a park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 9, 2021 #1852 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Here’s a wide view. It’s hard to get a good picture as it sits atop a steep hill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted January 9, 2021 #1853 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) So that's what it looks like! Peña Palace has been on our list for a while. We climbed from the train station, partway up the hill, back in 2012. But we stopped at the Moorish Castle. Then we went back down to Sintra to tour the National Palace instead of continuing on to Peña. We looked at going back to Sintra for the 2019 trip, but no time for that. Edited January 9, 2021 by jpalbny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted January 9, 2021 #1854 Share Posted January 9, 2021 59 minutes ago, jpalbny said: So that's what it looks like! Peña Palace has been on our list for a while. We climbed from the train station, partway up the hill, back in 2012. But we stopped at the Moorish Castle. Then we went back down to Sintra to tour the National Palace instead of continuing on to Peña. We looked at going back to Sintra for the 2019 trip, but no time for that. I was supposed to be there in April/May for my 50th birthday trip..... COVID BAD..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare knoxclone Posted January 9, 2021 #1855 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Heres my offering! Have not decided if it will be super easy or not. Name the town and the river? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 9, 2021 #1856 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Wow, that is just weird. I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted January 9, 2021 #1857 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ljandgb said: Wow, that is just weird. I have no idea. I am lost also. Looks Eastern European. Maybe one of the former Soviet Republics. Edited January 9, 2021 by Coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 9, 2021 Author #1858 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I was also thinking it is a colossal head like you find - or used to find - in Eastern Europe. It is just that the guy looks a bit more Western. Perhaps it is a reference to an industrial site or city proud of its history of steel production? Cannot make out any names on the signs. Blue are the motorway signs in Germany, but the traffic lights and the surroundings are not necessarily German. Could be but I think it is not. Linz in Austria? notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare knoxclone Posted January 10, 2021 #1859 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Nope not in Linz, and not in Eastern Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 10, 2021 #1860 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Ok, so not easy. Can we get a clue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 10, 2021 Author #1861 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Yes, I think we need a clue. But I will ask a question. Is it on a roundabout? notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 10, 2021 #1862 Share Posted January 10, 2021 The direction signs (white on blue background) are used in several countries. As there are traffic lights, obviously no motorway, but innercity traffic. Those oval plates around the traffic lights are also used in several countries. In combination I would suggest Belgium or the Netherlands. The statue shows some sort of engine, generator or similar with a wing on the right. Winged wheels are symbols for railways, but it is not a wheel. So my working theory is, it shows some industry pioneer in (steam-) shipping, railway, elecricity or similar. Warm or cold ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 10, 2021 Author #1863 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Good idea, that. I was considering some pioneer, but in aviation. As regards country also still clueless. Inner city, I agree. Unless it is within an airport area, perhaps. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 10, 2021 #1864 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I agree, looks like a traffic circle. The "machine" reminds me of my grandmother's old meat grinder, which doesn't bear pondering in this circumstance, but maybe symbolizes something about what tech does to humanity?? (I'm stretching here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 10, 2021 Author #1865 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I was thinking about a meat grinder, too... Blame my imagination, but my other idea, apart from the pioneer, was something with a hidden meaning like "the daily grind". I think I have too much time to think. This is what not working for four weeks does to your, i.e. my head. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare knoxclone Posted January 10, 2021 #1866 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Ok - did not realize it would stump folks! It honors the father of the European Recovery Program and was very near (walkable) where our ship was docked. The wing is a symbol that is scattered around the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare knoxclone Posted January 10, 2021 #1867 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Oh, and its not on a round about as far as I can remember - it was in a park.. next to a pumping station and bridge which was too far for me to walk over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted January 10, 2021 #1868 Share Posted January 10, 2021 George Marshall and Germany somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare knoxclone Posted January 10, 2021 #1869 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Getting warmer, but not in Germany... Suggest thinking about winged horses? 🙂 Maybe this is fairly new? I photographed it in 2017. I will google and see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 10, 2021 Author #1870 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) If it is something to do with Europe, perhaps Strasbourg or Brussels? I am somewhat completely lost. Cannot find any reference to it. Marshall is sculptured "striding towards new friends". You would not believe how may head sculptures without body and winged animals with Europa sitting on them, are scattered around Europe and the internet. If it was erected in 2017 I suppose it was during celebrations for 70 years of the Marshall Plan. Do not remember hearing about celebrations in big style. There certainly were commemorations in Parliament, etc. notamermaid Edited January 10, 2021 by notamermaid maths problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 10, 2021 #1871 Share Posted January 10, 2021 ok, Arnhem, Netherlands, Rhine River. An old pump incorporated into that monument near the Arnhem bridge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare knoxclone Posted January 10, 2021 #1872 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) Correct! Congratulations AnhaltER1960!! I was told by the guide that it was officially called the Sphinx of Arnheim by the artist. The old pump was purchased at the time with funds from the Marshall Plan, hence the shout out to Secretary of State Marshall. The wing appears in the pump manufacturers logo, and further references the Battle of Arnheim and Operation Pegasus. It sits near the Old Rhine Bridge now renamed the John Frost Bridge... otherwise identified in WWII history as a Bridge Too Far. You're next! Edited January 10, 2021 by knoxclone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted January 10, 2021 Author #1873 Share Posted January 10, 2021 What an unusual sculpture. I would never have thought of Arnhem. Well done, @AnhaltER1960. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted January 10, 2021 #1874 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Soo....NOT a meat grinder. LOL Very good. Quite the stumper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnhaltER1960 Posted January 10, 2021 #1875 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hope that lockdown wont last too long .... soon I will have to scan my analogue pics ... running out of digital ones.... This here is -obviously- not the river itself, but an excursion nearby. Name the river and the location that you can see in the photo. The first one to guess gets to post the next photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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