"Been There" Virtual Travel Quiz? Round #45
See Round #20 for info about and rules for the contest.
Round #40 won by Travel Guy
Submitted by SueMS. Oberammergau, Germany Passion Play Theater wardrobe worn by the actors in the Last Supper scene.
Round #41 won by Travel Guy (again)
Submitted by Sealord. View of the Gibraltar airport from one of the Rock’s many tunnels. Britain claims sovereignty over it. Seen on Spain & Portugal or Treasures of Spain & Portugal.
Round #42 won by Smiling Sam
Submitted by AlanS. Photo of Skellig Michael island taken from shore during the Ring of Kerry drive. It was a location in three Star Wars films. Best of Ireland, Small Groups tour.
Round #43 won by AlanS
Submitted by KathyM. Italian Dolomites, WWI fortifications, Austro-Hungarian soldier. In the mountains outside Cortina di Ampezzo. The area is extremely rocky and has many tunnels and revetments and the site of some of the most horrendous fighting in WWI with high death counts on both German (Austro-Hungarian) and Italian sides (over 10,000 on the Italian side) due to wounds, hunger and cold- many died of extreme cold alone. The remains of 9,707 Italian soldiers are buried at the nearby shrine.
Round #44 won by Smiling Sam
Submitted by BKMD. The Upsala Glacier, part of the Southern Patagonia Icefield. Name is deceptive because it comes from the old spelling with one p of Uppsala University, which sponsored the first glaciological studies in the area. The University is located in Uppsala, Sweden. Part of the glacier is in disputed territory, as both Chile and Argentina claim it.
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What is the name of this and where is it located?
One of its monikers is the Alcazar of Cordoba which answers both questions.
BKMD - Close but not quite correct.
Archangel Saint Rafael Statue, Cordoba.
In truth, I needed BKMD's close call above. I had been searching for Archangel Michael statues...
Portolan is correct, with an assist from BKMD. This statue is in the middle of the Roman Bridge and was sculpted by Bernabe Gomez del Rio during the 17th century. This image of Saint Raphael the Archangel is one of several around Cordoba. Today, Cordoba is still home to many notable pieces of Moorish architecture such as the Mezquita-Catedral, which was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 and is now a Cathedral. The UNESCO status has since been expanded to encompass the whole historic center of Cordoba. Much of this architecture, such as the Alcazar and the Roman bridge has been reworked or reconstructed by the city's successive inhabitants.
Cordoba has the highest summer temperatures in Spain and Europe, with average high temperatures around 99 degrees Fahrenheit in July and August. I visited in May.
And surprising, Rafael is NOT the patron saint of Córdoba!
In retrospect, I shouldn't have had to research this as I found I had a picture of the statue (circled in red...never got closer):
Scott
The Roman bridge is pretty cool. The hotel was on the opposite bank from the attractions so we walked across the bridge a couple of times in both daylight and evening. Here are a couple of shots at dusk.
