thighslapper Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7721 Posted June 21, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) not a chimney one part of your guess is correct though........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thighslapper Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7722 Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) There is a very limited list of things this could be .... and once that is decided it will lead you rapidly to the possible sites........ This is a view from just around the corner..... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited June 21, 2011 by thighslapper Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/75648-do-you-know-the-world-competition/?do=findComment&comment=1709268'>More sharing options...
Jim-St Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7723 Posted June 21, 2011 Might this be Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, maybe a well in the Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7724 Posted June 21, 2011 not France, otherwise getting close....... another view of something just up the road from this which may help ..... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/75648-do-you-know-the-world-competition/?do=findComment&comment=1709634'>More sharing options...
otto.f Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7725 Posted June 21, 2011 It's in Orvieto, but the original shot, I don't know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7726 Posted June 21, 2011 orvieto is correct you have enough clues from the previous guesses now to make this very easy !!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPS Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7727 Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Pozzo di San Patrizio (St. Patrick's Well) - this is the stairway down to the well Edited June 21, 2011 by RPS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7728 Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) correct.... !!! well done !! you had popes, well and orvieto so there could be no other place. The Pozzo di San Patrizio or St. Patrick's Well is in Orvieto (Italy) and was built at the order of Pope Clement VII between 1527 and 1537 to provide an additional source of water in case of disaster or siege. Orvieto lies on a porous volcanic 'tufo' plateau and is honeycombed with old wells, initially dug by the etruscans, down to the water table below the tufo. This is the largest of the lot. Access to the water is provided by two large spiral ramps with shallow broad sloping steps, served by two separate doors, which allowed mules to carry the water up one spiral and return down the other without passing each other. Its was completely carved out of the tufo with no brickwork apart from bit above ground and the paving on the steps. Anything else you see is repair work. There are 248 steps so going up is a hard slog after the easy excitement of the descent. Be warned that the exit has a very narrow rotating turnstile and if you are even moderately overweight you will be unable to get out !! The well is 53 metres deep and the water at the bottom looks pretty undrinkable..... The previous pics show the Albornoz Fortress built in the 1350's which overlooks Orvieto Scala which is the bit of new orvieto below the old town, and the lion is on the Cathedral or Duomo which is very similar to the one in Florence. You would be entertained to know Robert that Orvieto seemed to have more Americans in it than Italians when we were there !! .... there was presumably some summer school or other convention like affair going on..... a couple more pics (looking down this time) then over to you Robert.... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited June 21, 2011 by thighslapper 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/75648-do-you-know-the-world-competition/?do=findComment&comment=1709780'>More sharing options...
RPS Posted June 21, 2011 Share #7729 Posted June 21, 2011 "Orvieto seemed to have more Americans in it than Italians when we were there !!" Ah, well ... you know us Yanks ! Actually, back in my college days, I studied for half a year in Cortona, located approx. 95 km across the Val di Chiana from Orvieto. Some places are relatively simple to identify if you've been there before. Ok, here's my posting. What's the name of this State Park in the U.S.? It's heavily visited, so this should be fairly easy. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/75648-do-you-know-the-world-competition/?do=findComment&comment=1709830'>More sharing options...
RPS Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7730 Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Too obscure ... ? ok ... it's in close proximity to a large urban area located west of the Rockies. That narrows it down to three states. Edited June 22, 2011 by RPS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaal Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7731 Posted June 22, 2011 How about the Northeast ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7732 Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Architecture looks a bit more 'Dixie' to me. Tennessee or Georgia? Maybe (wild guess) near the Blue Ridge mountains? Edited June 22, 2011 by wattsy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPS Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7733 Posted June 22, 2011 It's located WEST of the Rocky Mountains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7734 Posted June 22, 2011 It's located WEST of the Rocky Mountains. Ah! Now that's a big help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPS Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7735 Posted June 22, 2011 Ah! Now that's a big help. It's located WEST of the Rocky Mountains -- very close to a large urban area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7736 Posted June 22, 2011 It's located WEST of the Rocky Mountains. Good point (I read your earlier post as if it was somebody else's guess). That said, if you go far enough west of the Rockies you will end up back in Georgia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7737 Posted June 22, 2011 It's located WEST of the Rocky Mountains -- very close to a large urban area. Okay looks a bit lush to be southwest so is it in Northern California or Oregon? Perhaps near Portland? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPS Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7738 Posted June 22, 2011 Okay looks a bit lush to be southwest so is it in Northern California or Oregon? Perhaps near Portland? More Northern California than Oregon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7739 Posted June 22, 2011 How about Marin County - maybe Samuel P. Taylor State Park? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPS Posted June 22, 2011 Share #7740 Posted June 22, 2011 How about Marin County - maybe Samuel P. Taylor State Park? You're getting close -- but you're too far to the NW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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