PHOTO-QUIZ (1): Eternal fame for the winner..!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 19:52

You live in Northern Cyprus permanently or you are a "swallow" or a tourist - and you know of course that this particular city plan didn't change for centuries... In the narrow street the majestic monument is still there, dominating the area, silent, the secret kept... But the walls of the monument talk if you are willing to listen...

And for the first time in an unknown number of years I was fortunate enough to have a one time chance to look inside and listen to the long forgotten stories from the walls that saw it all happen centuries ago...

The cries of the owner and his men servants, when they were butchered by rough invaders from the main land, can still be heard...

Anyone interested in a new photo-quiz? You may say "yes!" (I hope), but I warn you: this won't be easy...

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:24

QUIZ (13): Again I have divided a picture of (part of) "something historic" in TRNC in 20 squares...

▶ The one and only question for you: WHAT is it..?!

▶ I'll fill one or two squares at random times - but there'll be no winner in this Quiz if in the end I have to uncover more than 15 squares...

▶ Here and there I'll give a cryptic hint or some info in this thread...

▶ The prize in this Quiz: an invitation for two for an "Historical Walk of your choice".

OK, here we go again: expats, swallows and tourists, show your knowledge about Northern Cyprus... I hope to see new participants in this thread...

▶ ▶ ▶ Click this (shortened but safe!) link to view the Quiz-picture: [ http://is.gd/bmNgSW/photo_quiz_13 ].



P.S. Estimated level of difficulty of this Quiz: EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...

P.P.S. All other Quizzes here: ▶ [ http://is.gd/MHl4g0/Overview_of_updates_of_AAAC_site_in_2011 ]

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:38

Hans. Where's the cryptic link?

Lilli



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:43

Bill dont be impatient, all in good time. xxx

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:44

Re: Msg 2,



"P.S. Estimated level of difficulty of this Quiz: EXTREMELY DIFFICULT... "



DC,



I don't think you even need to say this: you don't do easy!



How do we suppose to know? Looks like mosaic ( very cleverly obscured by number 13). Could be one of these new excavations in Famagusta or Salamis that no one ( apart from you) have yet seen.

Any chance of a clue?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:45

@ msg 3, No1Doyen: Something different now, Bill... Because the Quizzes are usually too easy for you... Click on square # 13 - and there's your first hint...

▶ ▶ ▶ Click this (shortened but safe!) link to view the Quiz-picture: [ http://is.gd/bmNgSW/photo_quiz_13 ].

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:45

Liz . I want eternal fame! ) )

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:47

I think it's a fort of some sort.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:50

@ msg 8, No1Doyen: You may think so - I don't... Zero (Dutch: nul) points...

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 20:55

Hang on Hans - I only said 'I think'. )

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 21:01

Bill, the pictures were taken last Sunday in (yeah...) and for me it was a sensation to be allowed to walk on more than five centuries old tiles of a wonderful l....a (hint!).

As a special favour to my favourite moderator Bill may decide the number of the square on the picture I will uncover next..!

▶ ▶ ▶ Click this (shortened but safe!) link to view the Quiz-picture: [ http://is.gd/bmNgSW/photo_quiz_13 ].

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 21:02

Is it some sort of a platform where they kept trebuchet balls?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 21:25

@ msg 12, Clarissa2: Nope. The trébuchet ballon was one of the many thrown at the time and just landed there... Killing someone? Destroying the roof?

I've uncovered square # 9 and linked a picture; just click square # 9 to view the hint...

▶ ▶ ▶ Click this (shortened but safe!) link to view the Quiz-picture: [ http://is.gd/bmNgSW/photo_quiz_13 ].

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 21:54

100 Views when I write this - and no-one answered even close..!

P.S. Just received an email from C44 member arrry: No, sorry, it has nothing to do with the Premier League.

MUSIN M


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 21:56

what,s the queens house galleries,or am i confused.











musin



long live the kktc

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 22:08

Courtyard of the renaissance house ( Queen's House) in Famagusta, where Caterina Cornaro lived?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 22:12

@msg 15, Musin M: The pictured name plate was found in the garden of ......... in .......... It may have been from the last person (Greek Cypriot?) who lived in this ...... before 1974.

I uncovered another square (# 7) and linked a picture as a hint. So:

▶ ▶ ▶ Click this (shortened but safe!) link to view the Quiz-picture: [ http://is.gd/bmNgSW/photo_quiz_13 ]

and then click square # 7...

P.S. Email arrived from NegativeNick: Sorry, Nick, your answer is a joke...

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 22:14

@ msg 16, Clarissa2: Wow! (But wrong...)

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 22:31

More on Wednesday - bye all for now!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
10/05/2011 23:47

Hans, can you open window 15 please. I do know what and where this is but I want to give other members a 'fair crack of the whip'. )

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 08:17

@ msg 20, No1Doyen: Window number 15 is now uncovered and linked to another picture (a hint - click on window nr. 15 to see it...). I hope it makes you happy...

▶ ▶ ▶ Click this (shortened but safe!) link to view the updated Quiz-picture: [ http://is.gd/bmNgSW/photo_quiz_13 ].

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 11:52

Re : Msg 21,



Perhaps No1 is happy, but I'm not! Still no idea!

The only thing I could think of is that it's George Pol Georgiou's house and studio ( or what has been left of it), as his paintings have never been recovered from Famagusta and now mysteriously turning up at different auctions.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 12:23

@ msg 22, Clarissa2: Sorry, I have to pause the Photo-Quiz for a couple of hours - I'm checking (and it's complicated!) whether your answer in msg 16 may be right after all...

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 13:09

I agree with Clarissa at message 16.

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 13:13

Re : Msg 24,

No1,

You are a very agreeable person.



Re: Msg 23,

DC,

Sorry to cause this confusion, I'm confused myself.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 21:01

Although there is still some doubt and I'm on thin ice with the proof: the pictured mansion in this PHOTO-QUIZ-1 "may" be the so-called "Queen's House" in Famagusta, where the abdicated last Queen of Cyprus, Caterina Cornaro, "may" have lived a short time, before moving to Nicosia. So the winner of this Quiz is: Clarissa2 (msg 16)!

Full tekst, maps and pics:

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb/02/04/tekst_2.html ].

Photobook outside & INSIDE the "Queen's House":

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb/02/04/fam_venetian_house/index.html ].

The fully uncovered picture on the Quiz-webpage:

▶ ▶ ▶ Click this (shortened but safe!) link to view: [ http://is.gd/bmNgSW/photo_quiz_1 ].

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 21:39

Re : Msg 26,



Ah, eternal fame is so sweet!

Darling DC, can I have two walks for one person instead?



Clarissa

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 22:03

Re : George Pol Georgiou

DC,

Branching out : I'm quite intrigued now .

Do you happen to known anything about his house & studio: its location, whether it still stands and what happened to the paintings?

I drew a blank on this.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 22:16

I'm distraught. It's obscurity for me now! ) )

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
11/05/2011 22:18

@ msg 27, Clarissa2: No problem.

@ msg 28, Clarissa2: In "Famagusta, the story of the city" (ISBN:9963-9091-1-6, 2005) I found these words by George Pol. Georghiou:



Ruins of churches,

bodies and souls,

Famagusta, old harbour of Cyprus



In this book I read: "... the so-called "Queen's House", a mansion that, in recent years, was used by the Cypriot painter George Pol. Georghiou as his studio." Hope this (partly) answers your question?



In the "Queen's House" I was shown the plate on this picture (by the caretaker, who kindly invited me in when he saw my interest in the building - unfortunately he didn't speak one word of English):

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb/02/04/fam_venetian_house/pictures/078_dscn8572.html ].

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
12/05/2011 07:01

@ msg 24 & 29, No1Doyen: Sorry, Bill, I forgot to mention that you were runner-up in this Photo-Quiz...

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
12/05/2011 09:05

I've linked more pictures and links to make navigating the subject pages even easier.

(End of this Photo-Quiz-1).

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
12/05/2011 11:31

Re: Msg 30,

Dear DC,

It does ! It does!

It answers my question beautifully: how very fascinating to uncover yet another facet of the history of this truly interesting house.

And again: there isn't any information available about it, but you happened to have the answer!

Another question: from what you said I presume it is not opened to the public and you have just charmed your way in. Is there anything left inside?

Or am I asking too much or too many questions ?



Thanks again.

Yours truly intrigued,

Clarissa



P.S. Beautiful quote!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
12/05/2011 11:38

@ msg 33, Clarissa2: The "Queen's House" is not open to the public - I was just lucky that the caretaker appreciated my interest and invited me in. I photographed all that's left inside and you'll find it here:

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb/02/04/fam_venetian_house/index.html ].

P.S. Questions about Cyprus' history are always welcome!

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
12/05/2011 18:53

Re : Msg34,

DC,

Most interesting! Thank you.



I find it remarkable that your photos of the house are the first ones, published and openly available, as well as the information linking the "Queen's House" to Georghiou.

I expect they'll attract a lot of attention from historians and researches.

Splendid!



Clarissa

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
12/05/2011 21:02

@ msg 35, Clarissa2: (...) I expect they'll attract a lot of attention from historians and researches. (...)

▶ Where, in TRNC..?! You're the optimistic kind, madam.

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
13/05/2011 21:53

Re : Msg 36,



Not at all, Mijnheer. Not at all.



I mean the rest of mankind , or rather the civilised part of it.