taken from the south east side of the town bridge. the oppasite side of the bridge to this web camera
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Sainte-Mère-Église in Normandy
Hanging there is the dummy representing US paratrooper John Steele, who in the early hours of June 6 1944 was dropped into the area but drifted over the town. His parachute became caught on the steeple and he hung there for 2 hours pretending to be dead.
In the film, The Longest Day, Steele is played by Red Buttons.
Sainte-Mère-Église in Normandy
Hanging there is the dummy representing US paratrooper John Steele, who in the early hours of June 6 1944 was dropped into the area but drifted over the town. His parachute became caught on the steeple and he hung there for 2 hours pretending to be dead.
In the film, The Longest Day, Steele is played by Red Buttons.
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Just found this little tester, something to occupy you while waiting for Darren.
Hmmm ... Antioch ... Syria?
I want to say the Acropolis, but not sure even if right, or specific enough?
There's a plane at JFK, to fly you back from far away
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
looks a bit greek to me !
is it the spot where that chap took hemlock? Can't remember his name at the moment though ...
is it the spot where that chap took hemlock? Can't remember his name at the moment though ...
Huzzah for International Jet-setting !
tontybear wrote: Can't remember his name at the moment though ...
It is Greek
Socrates - "Wisdom is knowing you know Nothing"
Or where Alexander died?
There's a plane at JFK, to fly you back from far away
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
Alexander the Great died in Babylon and Socrates in Athens.
So nope x 2
So nope x 2
Synagogue of Capernaum? 
The oracle at delphi?
Huzzah for International Jet-setting !
No idea, but I reckon they used the same company who laid my patio! 
A purple boarding card, pre-booked cowshed treatment, glass of T10 with lime, a proper amenity kit, packet of polos and a Freedom Menu please!
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Jacki wrote:No idea, but I reckon they used the same company who laid my patio!
Well, after approx 2000 years, they have had plenty of practice.
I got the inscription translated by a Cambridge classics prof. Although I cannot find the translation at the mo, from memory it contains a "prayer" and details of the builder.
Clue 2.
Same place. No points for Mrs HWV (although, of course she is worth zillions). On a beach nearby we have many times collected semi precious stones (turquoise etc) believed to be coming from a ship sunk in the years BC. After every reasonable tide one or two more of the stones are washed in. The ship was carrying such stones for the various mosaics (pictures of which I haven't put on here in case they are in Google Goggles - brilliant app - library!!).
The whole place is hardly excavated, hardly visited, non-commercial and incredibly impressive. Typically we are the only visitors, typically we wish we had taken a metal detector. It "feels" like it is as it was immediately after its time was up. Amazing.
About 30 years since we were there - when it really was not excavated - but could it be Kurion?
Antiochus mentioned twice but he was more famous for destroying temples rather than building them.
Antiochus mentioned twice but he was more famous for destroying temples rather than building them.
No (but not far off!) changed my mind.
Salamis?
Salamis?
Well done Bill.
They are indeed part of the ruins of the city of Salamis, north of Famagusta in Northern Cyprus.
We have snorkelled over the now sunken harbour and seen amphora which have been "absorbed" by the coral. As I said, a simply amazing place. Unspoilt - well, as unspoilt as a place destroyed by several earthquakes and numerous invaders can be!!
They are indeed part of the ruins of the city of Salamis, north of Famagusta in Northern Cyprus.
We have snorkelled over the now sunken harbour and seen amphora which have been "absorbed" by the coral. As I said, a simply amazing place. Unspoilt - well, as unspoilt as a place destroyed by several earthquakes and numerous invaders can be!!
I'd be interested in that translation! So difficult with unspaced letters - and my Greek tutor moved on to the Elysian Fields too many years ago.
Nothing from Darren - may still be in-flight - so here is another quick fill-in:
Continuing the theme but with an interest for fans of a certain TV series:
Where & what is this?
Continuing the theme but with an interest for fans of a certain TV series:
Where & what is this?
From the clue, at first I thought it might be the Temple of Glee or the Temple of Fools and Horses but after a bit of thought my real guess is the Temple of Conc(h)ord at Agrigento in Sicily
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