vertekijker Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11121 Posted December 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) The face looks familiar. Léon Blum... Albert Schweitzer maybe? But in which country are we when you say northern Europe? Do we have to look as far north as Scandinavia? Cheers. --------------- Frans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 25, 2012 Posted December 25, 2012 Hi vertekijker, Take a look here "Do you know the world ?" -- Competition --. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pop Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11122 Posted December 25, 2012 Not Blum, not Schweitzer. Do include Scandinavia, by all means. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11123 Posted December 25, 2012 As no one appears to know the bloke, I suggest to concentrate on the location. Even knowing who he is I was unable to locate that particular representation in the Web. This is another view of the same building complex. A tiny bit of this clock was visible in the preceding picture. 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=2197233'>More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11124 Posted December 25, 2012 Radhuset (Oslo) City Hall Found it from the astronomical clock ... Still can't locate any photos of the man or who he is though..... MERRY XMAS TO ALL MY FELLOW LEICA USERS :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11125 Posted December 25, 2012 I suppose it ought to be Alfred Nobel .... but as you say it looks nothing like him and I can find no trace of this memorial anywhere.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11126 Posted December 25, 2012 (edited) Thighslapper - you've got it. Please post the next puzzle. Here is a less severe crop of my location. Unfortunately, I had aimed just for the face. Only when at home did I notice that I had lost part of the memorial at the bottom right. Happily, I could still use the shot for this thread. "Nansen Passport" is the term to use when googling. The bloke is, of course, Fridtjof Nansen. The person named in the passport is one of many thousand who were given a new life by the means of a Nansen Passport. 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 December 25, 2012 by pop 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=2197273'>More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11127 Posted December 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Reading his biography make me feel a bit depressed at how little I have achieved in life.... Will post something suitable this evening after the inevitable seasonal gluttony and alcoholism .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11128 Posted December 25, 2012 We can't all be giants, can we? Skål! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11129 Posted December 25, 2012 Where am I standing ? Before I start another controversy that descends into squabbling about what you can post .... this is again in ALSACE .... or if you prefer ELZAS or ELSASS ...... 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=2197324'>More sharing options...
otto.f Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11130 Posted December 25, 2012 I would think we are looking in west direction. Given your earlier posts one could think that it is from the outskirts of the forest you mentioned. If that's true it could be Biblisheim or Walbourg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11131 Posted December 25, 2012 No .... we are looking east. The forest at Haguenau is at a much lower elevation... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11132 Posted December 25, 2012 This is looking west... 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! 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=2197613'>More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11133 Posted December 25, 2012 (edited) This might help..... in a general way.... I don't think there is anything written here that will get you here directly.... 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 December 25, 2012 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=2197686'>More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11134 Posted December 25, 2012 Ooops !........ actually there is if you are observant enough..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11135 Posted December 25, 2012 It wouldn't be Mont Sainte-Odile, by any chance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertekijker Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11136 Posted December 25, 2012 Isn't that the name Leo next to the left figure?... 'Leo papa' it says. Pope Leo IX by any chance? Born at Egisheim, near Colmar, on June 21, 1002? ----------- Frans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11137 Posted December 25, 2012 Isn't that the name Leo next to the left figure?... 'Leo papa' it says. Pope Leo IX by any chance? Born at Egisheim, near Colmar, on June 21, 1002? I agree. It does say "LEO NONUS PAPA" which would be Pope Leo IX, indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertekijker Posted December 25, 2012 Share #11138 Posted December 25, 2012 (edited) Oops. I should add 'Rocher de Dabo' I guess. -------------- Frans Edited December 25, 2012 by vertekijker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 26, 2012 Share #11139 Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) the Abbey of St Odile is correct Phillip.... your turn again the figure on the right is Abbess Eugenia (which you can read) who succeeded her aunt, St Odilia who founded the Nunnery in the 12th Century. There are panoramic views on the Rhine Valley eastwards and the Vosges on the west. Its a very pretty place.... 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 December 26, 2012 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=2197862'>More sharing options...
pop Posted December 26, 2012 Share #11140 Posted December 26, 2012 Thank you, thighslapper. The Abbess Eugenia was indeed very helpful indeed in locating the site. Here's another one. They say that this view is quite distinctive. 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=2197920'>More sharing options...
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