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It wouldn't be the Hermitage in Amsterdam by any chance, would it?

 

First prize goes to Philipp! That was very quick - I was sure it would take longer because the building is so unassuming while it houses such great treasures.

Yes, it is the Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam. Visited the day before yesterday and saw a sublime collection of early Picasso's, Matisses, Kandinsky's, van Dongens, de Vlamincks...

As a young man I went to the 'original' Hermitage in what was then called Leningrad, but the experience in Amsterdam was much more satisfying because only these top works were selected and one did not have to search through hundreds and hundreds of rooms and art works to find these gems.

Your turn Philipp, with one 'l' and two 'pp's'. ;)

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Frans

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Thank you very much indeed, Frans.

 

There were several clues. One was the material of the walls. Then there was the proportions and spacing of the windows. They are uncommonly tall for what has to be a rather recent building. The trees must have been planted recently. It all suggested "museum" to me, and a rather new one.

 

Regardless, your answer caught me completely unprepared. I will post the image of next place tomorrow, that's saturday.

 

H1I2L1P3

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I could locate an image which was, in fact, made with a Leica.

 

Just name the town which is nearly visible in the image below.

 

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Philipp with 2 i's and 3 p's.

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Yes, it is three 'p's! Sorry!

But the Amsterdam Hermitage building is not a modern one, Philipp. It was cleaned up considerably and new trees where planted, but the the building dates from 1681. The original dedication reads: 'Diaconie Oude Vrouwen Huys anno 1681 '.

By the way, no idea where this new picture was taken. Looks a bit Swiss.

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... building is not a modern one, Philipp
Oh.

 

Switzerland is correct. Lugano is not, I'm afraid.

 

Here's another view, taken from roughly the same place, give or take a few meters:

 

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Leica M6, Summilux 1:1.4/35mm, Fujicolor 100

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wow...thanks...this is a premiere. I think I was exactly at this place about 20years ago..during military service....

 

Well, now my first contribution to the competition:

 

Where are we here? Name of the castle and the city it belongs to....

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What´s the name of this bridge and what can you see from there?

 

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This is a part of the building, you can see from the bridge.

 

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O.k. last picture, the view from the bridge::rolleyes:

 

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