Guess the city game

[+ Charlie]

I can't match it any British gothic cathedral that I am familiar with. I thought it might be someplace like King's College Chapel at Cambridge, but it doesn't seem to match that either. There are indications that it is British and somewhat urban, but I can't think of anyplace that really fits.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

I can't match it any British gothic cathedral that I am familiar with. I thought it might be someplace like King's College Chapel at Cambridge, but it doesn't seem to match that either. There are indications that it is British and somewhat urban, but I can't think of anyplace that really fits.

It is definitely the U.K. because the font matches the British sign fonts (e.g. here) .

Could it somewhere in Scotland?

[+ Tarte Gogo]

It is definitely the U.K. because the font matches the British sign fonts (e.g. here) .

Could it somewhere in Scotland?

How stupid of me, it is the bloody parliament!

 

Looking north, view from near this place.

near Adington street, Westminster, London SW1P 3JX

https://goo.gl/maps/37LJ1xBT5dq

 

 

@Charlie , @classic

[+ Charlie]

Pugin's fake gothic!

[Gamer]

I was too late to guess.. how's this for a gothic cathedral? Guesses?

 

 

[+ azdr0710]

Being a geo-nerd, I like this thread. Thanks for keeping it going.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

I was too late to guess.. how's this for a gothic cathedral? Guesses?

 

 

Cathedral of Cologne / Köln .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral#/media/File%3ACologne_cathedrale_vue_sud.jpg

[Gamer]

Posting to continue the game.. although I'm not sure where this is...

 

 

[+ Tarte Gogo]

Posting to continue the game.. although I'm not sure where this is...

 

 

You haven’t yet awarded points for your previous enquiries!

 

Ok this one is hard for me. I can’t figure out what to search. It looks like it was built in the late 20th century in imitation of a mix of roman classical and renaissance baroque architecture. I don’t think it is real: late Renaissance stuff, in perfect condition, next to a blue water lake like this? I would have heard of such an idilic place.

 

So the only people building such imitations are Americans (Europeans have the real thing). See for example Hearst castle in Big Sur https://goo.gl/images/FhvORC.

 

First I thought it is a Vegas hotel, but I can’t find one with love boats on a lake that isn’t the Venetian (and those are gondolas).

 

So I am stuck! Anyone?

Edited November 14, 2017 by Tarte Gogo

[+ bashful]

First I though it is a Vegas hotel

 

My first thought too. Also, no palm trees in the pic so probably not in south or west US.

[Gamer]

Ok.. well I cant award points for that one.. maybe too tough?

 

Here's a super easy one.. ( the pic I mean)

 

[+ Tarte Gogo]

Well, you can make it harder if you ask from which room # among the top floors of the bellagio hotel this photo was taken?

 

Ok.. well I cant award points for that one.. maybe too tough?

 

Here's a super easy one.. ( the pic I mean)

 

[Gamer]

Well, you can make it harder if you ask from which room # among the top floors of the bellagio hotel this photo was taken?

 

haha.. thought you were taking the photo in room 2314

[Gamer]

Posting to continue the game.. although I'm not sure where this is...

 

 

 

 

still no winner for this place....

[Gamer]

 

new entry..:

[+ Tarte Gogo]

Ok, no one yet?

 

 

 

new entry..:

 

It was easy for me as I have been there. It is a picture of Dubrovnik west harbor. Taken from roughly this location , looking North-west.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

Oh my god, it is in Europe, it is the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_Alfonso_XII

I had assume the baroque part that is cut was a small piece of a large church, but it is just a monument.

One city I still have to go to.

 

Posting to continue the game.. although I'm not sure where this is...

 

 

[+ Charlie]

 

new entry..:

Dubrovnik?

[+ Charlie]

Oh my god, it is in Europe, it is the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_Alfonso_XII

I had assume the baroque part that is cut was a small piece of a large church, but it is just a monument.

One city I still have to go to.

I felt sure it was a park, but I forgot about Buen Retiro, which I have been to.

[Gamer]

I think I have to award about 10 points to Tarte ( Madrid, Vegas and Dubrovnik) and only 4 points to Charlie.. correct, but slow ( and no guess even on vegas)

[+ Charlie]

I think I have to award about 10 points to Tarte ( Madrid, Vegas and Dubrovnik) and only 4 points to Charlie.. correct, but slow ( and no guess even on vegas)

The Vegas photo was an insult to my level of geographical sophistication:cool:

[Gamer]

Is a distinct sidewalk pattern enough for the experts to identify this beach-side location?

 

[+ Tarte Gogo]

Is a distinct sidewalk pattern enough for the experts to identify this beach-side location?

 

It is.

Ipanema.

[+ bashful]

It is.

Ipanema.

 

I think Tarte wins this one. Never been there, but you can see the lettering of the Sol Ipanema Hotel in the background.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

I think Tarte wins this one. Never been there, but you can see the lettering of the Sol Ipanema Hotel in the background.

If you weren’t sure, google ipanema beach pavement.