Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[smcinco]

Yes, Roman aqueduct. Wrong country. In the first Roman 'province' beyond the Alps...

 

[govner1]

That would be Gaul, today near Narbonne?

 

[D.B.Moody]

Well, "Gaul, as a whole, is divided into three parts," and they don't include Provincia Romana. So I guess Tende, France.

 

[smcinco]

Nice work by both of you. It is in what was Gallia Narbonensis. I dont know about it not being included in Provincia Romana, but it is in Provence. Looking for a town there with an aqueduct.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Droysens_Hist_Handatlas_S16_Gallien.jpg

EDIT: and just to correct one of my earlier answers above, it is not a Roman aqueduct, just an aqueduct in a town with significant Roman history. The town was known to Pliny, hence I thought worthy of HBT.

 

[smcinco]

Ok, not too many fellow Francophiles here. Hint: very close (<20 miles) to the last location I posted.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Solely based on geography (and a WAG), Avignon?

 

[smcinco]

Solely based on geography (and a WAG), Avignon?

Extremely close, but colder...

 

[smcinco]

Ok sorry, seems a bit too obscure. The town is called Carpentras. Let’s try this again, hoping this will be easier:

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Oh! I think I've been there! Somewhere in Germany, I think.

 

[pvpeacock]

Paris

 

[smcinco]

Paris

Bingo! You're up.

 

[pvpeacock]

 

[pvpeacock]

Any wild guesses?

 

[CKuhns]

Looks a little like Greece - But the rooftops are not right the ocean color looks more like California.

I'm guessing Southern California - But not sure where...

 

[pvpeacock]

Correct State. Nice guess to narrow it down.

 

[beermanpete]

Corona Del Mar?

 

[pvpeacock]

Close, but no cigar. Not Orange County.

 

[InspectorJon]

San Clemente?

 

[pvpeacock]

Not San Clemente.

 

[CKuhns]

Newport Beach

 

[duncan.brown]

Newport Beach is in Orange County. Palos Verdes, I think.

 

[pvpeacock]

Not Newport or Palos Verdes, but both are close by

 

[InspectorJon]

Catalina Island?

 

[pvpeacock]

Hamilton Cove at Catalina Island it is. Just two coves over from Avalon. Here is a picture looking the opposite direction so you can see the infamous Avalon Casino. Jon, you're up.

 

[InspectorJon]

This may have been destroyed since I was there.

 

[D.B.Moody]

So you went to Timbukto? Timbukto/Tombououcto, Mali.

 

[InspectorJon]

@D.B.Moody you are up.
I was in Timbukto is 2007, about 5 years before the uprising that took over northern Mali and well as other parts of the region. The Islamic fundamentalists destroyed a lot of things of this nature. I'm not sure the monument survived. Here are a few other pics.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Another bridge:

 

[D.B.Moody]

We sat up here looking out at the city and the bridge. The bridge is a bit more than a decade older than the Eifle Tower, but by the same guy.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Easy - Porto.

But you're confusing the twin-deck Luis I bridge built by Eiffel's former business partner Théophile Seyrig in 1886 with the older single-deck Maria Pia bridge

 

[D.B.Moody]

You are correct, and more correct than I was. But the Port wine we were sipping while looking out over those rooftops may have blurred my memory. We were there in 2017.

You're up @Northern_Brewer

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Here we go

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Dang, Stonehenge really let itself go during lockdown.

 

[D.B.Moody]

The Callanish Standing Stones, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

And on the solstice !

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Of course, it just felt a bit obvious to do Stonehenge so I thought I'd do one of the other henges that people might be less familiar with.

It is indeed Callanish - to be honest I prefer those northern sites like Callanish on Lewis and Brodgar/Stenness on Orkney. The stones themselves might not be as big as Stonehenge, but the landscapes are stunning, and the fact that there is <1% of the tourists means that you can get closer and get to feel that spiritual-connection-with-nature thing much more than at Stonehenge, which can feel a bit Disney. And there seems to be definite evidence of malting barley close to Brodgar....

Tempting though it is to give it to Bruce for the lol, you're up D.B.Moody.

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

 

[D.B.Moody]

Just how Norrthern are you, Northern? I remember an August evening after dinner walk in Inverness, the sun wasn't even thinking about setting, and it was cool to cold enough that the few clouds around managed to produce snow.

Here's a slightly more populated place:

 

[duncan.brown]

NYC from the high line, I think.

 

[D.B.Moody]

You think right, and, judging by your avatar, drink right. The picture was from our 2018 visit to NYC. We had last been there in 1970.
You're up @duncan.brown.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Just how Norrthern are you, Northern? I remember an August evening after dinner walk in Inverness, the sun wasn't even thinking about setting, and it was cool to cold enough that the few clouds around managed to produce snow.

Not that far north! I'm closer in latitude to Stonehenge than Brodgar, but I know the Highlands pretty well. It's pretty freakish to get snow in August, I've had plenty of suntans at that time of year. But yes, it can change on a dime. You notice the earlier nights when you come south though.

 

[duncan.brown]

Ok, this one is more "sky" than "line" but I couldn't resist.