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03/11/2014 12:07:16 AM · #1052

What city, and what is this a picture of?

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

03/11/2014 12:12:41 AM · #1053

Originally posted by Cory:

And you'd be right.

That would be the "Artichoke Capitol of the World" Castroville, CA

Dang, someplace I've been (the town, not the restaurant) ... I always thought they missed out in not modifying their town motto to "Artichoke Heart of the World" ... BTW to be picky, I learned it should be "Capital" â�� the spelling with an "o" is reserved for the building itself.

03/11/2014 12:21:38 AM · #1054

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Cory:

And you'd be right.

That would be the "Artichoke Capitol of the World" Castroville, CA

Dang, someplace I've been (the town, not the restaurant) ... I always thought they missed out in not modifying their town motto to "Artichoke Heart of the World" ... BTW to be picky, I learned it should be "Capital" â�� the spelling with an "o" is reserved for the building itself.

You know, I just looked, and in fact they call themselves the "Artichoke Center of the World" - so technically I got that bit wrong too. ;)

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

03/12/2014 03:32:55 AM · #1055

What city, and what is this a picture of?

Bumping this, as it may have gotten lost beneath a massive artichoke. ;)

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

03/12/2014 03:41:19 AM · #1056

Wild guess - Atlanta and a grandstand for viewing the sailing or other water sports?

tolovemoon

Canon EOS Rebel SL1

03/12/2014 11:48:28 AM · #1057

I'm guessing Milwaukee, WI

SaraR

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03/12/2014 02:38:46 PM · #1058

Miami Marine Stadium?

EstimatedEyes

Fujifilm GFX 50R

Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8

03/12/2014 03:46:11 PM · #1059

Another WAG: Corpus Christie, TX

03/12/2014 09:50:03 PM · #1060

Originally posted by SaraR:

Miami Marine Stadium?

Not correct, but by far the closest yet.

03/13/2014 02:56:07 AM · #1061

I believe you took the picture from MacArthur Causeway, in Miami - looking towards the cruise ship docks. I've driven there myself but in the daytime. Looks different then.

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03/13/2014 05:22:34 AM · #1062

Originally posted by TrollMan:

I believe you took the picture from MacArthur Causeway, in Miami - looking towards the cruise ship docks. I've driven there myself but in the daytime. Looks different then.

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03/13/2014 06:28:16 AM · #1063

I took this picture recently. This year.

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

03/13/2014 07:14:38 AM · #1064

It's somewhere in Russia, or even Bulgaria; on the building is a patriotic/political slogan. (I guess "RODINA" refers to the political party. I really have to improve my knowledge of the Russian alphabet.)
(I happen to have been looking at a lot of Russian photos lately,including colour photos of a century ago by Prokudin-Gorsky, who has been been mentioned in this site before.)

03/13/2014 07:32:50 AM · #1065

Photo is been taken in Sanciai, Kaunas, Lithuania

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03/13/2014 08:02:11 AM · #1066

Originally posted by Kroburg:

Photo is been taken in Sanciai, Kaunas, Lithuania

Wow - great job! This is about 300 ft from one of our manufacturing locations. How did you find out? Could you also tell me what the text on the wall says? (I know what it says)

03/13/2014 08:17:57 AM · #1067

Originally posted by TrollMan:

Originally posted by Kroburg:
Photo is been taken in Sanciai, Kaunas, Lithuania

Wow - great job! This is about 300 ft from one of our manufacturing locations. How did you find out? Could you also tell me what the text on the wall says? (I know what it says)

I found the image by searching Google for that text (had the text prepared in Google Translate first). It says something about Military Labor and Motherland (RODINA). I think it means something like: Your COUNTRY needs YOU (or something like that?).
Can you tell me what it is exactly what I see (kind of church, I presume)?

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03/13/2014 08:46:51 AM · #1068

It's from the Russian occupation. And according to one of the woman in our plant that went to school when they had to learn Russian, it says: "(Our) fighting efforts - for you homeland" ("our" is guessed from the last letter of the missing word).

I'm not sure what kind of church this was (the other side is only ruins) though likely Catholic. But I do know that the Russian military closed all churches and forbid the people from Lithuania to worship or go to services. Once they were out in 1991, the people went back to what was left of their churches.

It gives a perspective on Ukraine's and/or Crimea's potential future...

03/13/2014 09:01:54 AM · #1069

Originally posted by TrollMan:

Thanks. Quite interesting. I have been in Tsjechoslovakia in 1981 (those border controls were quite frightening, I must admit) and we saw many simular texts on buildings.

Will post a new image in about 2 hours.

03/13/2014 01:38:26 PM · #1070

The new place to guess:

EstimatedEyes

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03/13/2014 02:36:16 PM · #1071

Google sez: Loch Shiel and the Glenfinnan Monument, Scotland

Loch Shiel is a beautiful valley located in the highlands of Scotland. It was here in 1745 that Bonnie Prince Charlie (the last Scottish Prince) raised his standard in an effort to unite the Jacobites to try to retake the throne of Scotland from English control. The Jacobites were defeated at the battle of Culloden, and Scotland has been under control of the English crown ever since. Today, the valley is a peaceful place to visit while touring the highlands (and the monument is right next to the Glenfinnan Viaduct, made famous in the Harry Potter movies)

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