[ QUIZ ] What did I photograph on this picture..?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:22

Quiz (01_1): I have divided a picture of (part of) an historic monument in TRNC in 10 rectangles.

▶ The questions: Where was the picture taken and what do you see on the picture?

▶ I'll fill one rectangle every day - but there'll be no winner in this Quiz if in the end there are less than three empty rectangles to fill!

Here and there I'll give a cryptic hint or some info...

▶ The prize in this Quiz: The first good (complete!) answer wins an invitation for two for an Historical Walk in Kyrenia.



OK, here we go: expats and swallows, show your knowledge about Northern Cyprus...

▶ Click this link to view the picture: [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb_webpages_04/04_quiz_01/tekst.html ]

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:54

Hint: city state.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 11:39

That's easy.

Cyprus. It is part of an old building/monument.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 11:59

Close, Bill, close..! But zero points for your answer. You'll probably close this thread now..?

bridie


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:00

The castle wall, Kyrenia?

Schoie



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:12

Was there only 1 picture or was I ment to see all 10?



Anyway my guess on seeing 1 rectangle is : Kyrenia Beach Tower

yenibob


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:15

"I am no longer Blonde lol"



Are you sure?

Schoie



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:19

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:25

▶ RE msg 5, Bridie: I can only answer with Yes or No. It's No - though written with very small letters..!

▶ RE msg 6, Schoie: Today there is only one rectangle filled with a part of the full photograph (see msg 1).

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:27

▶ RE msg 6, Schoie: I forgot to reply to your answer: No.

Schoie



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:31

Thanks I must have had a Senior moment

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:32

Hint: the Byzantines couldn't do it.

Schoie



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:47

Kyrenia Castle Courtyard



Is it somewhere in the castle Yes/no

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 12:52

RE msg 13, Schoie: No.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 13:05

Hint: British ladies (officers wifes) could see it when they had a swim. Come on, Brits, I can almost guess it myself now!

racoonchic



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 13:23

the wall surrounding famagusa old town

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 13:26

RE msg 16, racoonchic: Sorry, no!

DONTY


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 13:36

The fortified wall along the east side of the old harbour near Chimena restaurant & bar? Built by the Venetians I guess (hence city state clue)?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 13:52

RE msg 18, Donty: Grrrr..! Donty did it! It's the east wall of Kyrenia castle. One of the three walls rebuilt by the Venetians around 1540, when they began to fear an Ottoman attack on Cyprus. The Venetians fortified the West, South and East wall, with many cannon ports, because they feared an attack from the land side. The North wall, built by the Lusignans (1192-1489), facing the sea, remained unchanged. War ships at the time didn't have cannons aboard, so the small threat from the North (the sea) didn't justify the high costs of a stronger wall.

The Venetians also changed the shape of the towers from square (Lusignan) to round. The reason was that cannon ball would destroy a square tower easily, while cannon ball will bounce from a round tower.

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bridie


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 13:57

The staircase up to the castle near the Chimera Restaurant in Kyrenia.

Schoie



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:01

Well done!!!! Lets have another lol

batgirl


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:06

Hans can we see the full picture now please?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:07

[ continued ]



On the full picture ▶ click this link [ http://www.allcrusades.com/bb_webpages_04/04_quiz_01/tekst.html ] you see the East wall with a damaged cannon port and... remains from the Byzantine castle in front, which was a follow up of the Roman castle, which was a follow-up of the - but that's another story...



I'll email you about your prize: a Kyrenia Walk for two.



[ END of Quiz 1 ]. Shall we do another one?

Schoie



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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:10

yes please

DONTY


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:11

How cool is that! I won something



Would be pleased to join you on one of your walks so I can marry up the stuff I've read in books and observed whilst out photographing with some 'on the ground history'.



On with the next quiz

shrimp


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Message Posted:
09/02/2011 14:39

I knew that..........