"Been There" Virtual Travel Quiz? Round #46
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.
Round #45 won by Portolan
Submitted by Smiling Sam. The statue of Archangel Saint Rafael from 1651 by Bernabe Gomez del Rio on the Roman Bridge in Córdoba, Spain.
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Where are we?
Where are we going?
What is the place famous for?
Looks a bit like the Roman arena in Arles.
Looks to me like Claudia nailed it. This picture is from Google Earth.
Built in 90 AD, the amphitheatre was capable of seating over 20,000 spectators, and was built to provide entertainment in the form of chariot races and bloody hand-to-hand battles. Today, it draws large crowds for bullfighting during the Feria d'Arles[1] as well as plays and concerts in summer.
Smiling Sam...I contacted Google on your behalf and effective immediately your online access has been suspended.
Claudia got it correct. Nobody said what the place is famous for however.
We are in Arles France.
We are on our way to Arènes d'Arles or Arles Amphitheater. This two-tiered Roman amphitheatre is probably the most prominent tourist attraction in the city of Arles. Built in 90 AD, the amphitheatre was capable of seating over 20,000 spectators, and was built to provide entertainment in the form of chariot races and bloody hand-to-hand battles. Today, it draws large crowds for bullfighting during the Feria d'Arles as well as plays and concerts in summer.
Vincent Van Gogh spent more than fourteen months which in Arles, where he created a multitude of paintings and drawings, many of which are nowadays seen as highlights of late 19th century art. This is also where he cut off his ear!
Hey, it was a totally lucky guess. Our first Tauck tour - French Waterways included this stop and the visit to the arena. What fascinated us was the fact that in the middle ages the arena was turned into housing. Picture below if I attach it right. From wikipedia:
_With the fall of the Western Empire in the 5th century, the amphitheatre became a shelter for the population and was transformed into a fortress with four towers (the southern tower is not restored).[2] The structure encircled more than 200 houses, becoming a real town, with its public square built in the centre of the arena and two chapels, one in the centre of the building, and another one at the base of the west tower.
This new residential role continued until the late 18th century, and in 1825 through the initiative of the writer Prosper Mérimée, the change to national historical monument began. In 1826, expropriation began of the houses built within the building, which ended by 1830 when the first event was organized in the arena – a race of the bulls to celebrate the taking of Algiers.
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