GhostOfClayton Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Surely it's Italy! My first thought was Paestum, but the landscape leading up to the hills is much flatter at Paestum. This is (as my colleague used to say) a curly one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Surely it's Italy! My first thought was Paestum, but the landscape leading up to the hills is much flatter at Paestum. This is (as my colleague used to say) a curly one! Are you sure? The stone seems far too coarse and gray to me, the capital leafs too stylized and the masonry looks very un-roman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Surely it's Italy! My first thought was Paestum, but the landscape leading up to the hills is much flatter at Paestum. This is (as my colleague used to say) a curly one! Are you sure? I was mainly looking at the landscape to be honest, and I'd written off Peastum before I even looked at the masonry. But you're quite right. Coastal sandstone and widespread use of Opus Quadratum would be the next thing I looked for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 It doesn't seem to have the distinctive Opus Africanus building style so I would suggest that it is not in North Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Every thing that has been said until now, including (especialy ?) Melvadius comment on North Africa, is false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted December 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Is it Bulla Regia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 No, the place is not this nice tunisian place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummidia quadratilla Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Is it Volubis in Morocco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Indeed Ummidia Quadratilla, this is one of the houses of Volubilis ! Well done ! And to you the next game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auris Arrectibus Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Then I go for Italy. Apennines in the back and grass halms all over the place. Concrete corinth columns could match..... but where is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auris Arrectibus Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Then I go for Italy. Apennines in the back and grass halms all over the place. Concrete corinth columns could match..... but where is it? Not. Should read the last post first, before doing anything stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Then I go for Italy. Apennines in the back and grass halms all over the place. Concrete corinth columns could match..... but where is it? Not. Should read the last post first, before doing anything stupid. I'm tempted to save you from this embarrassment. But just tempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummidia quadratilla Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Here is my offering, just in time for Saturnalia. Io Saturnalia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Io Saturnalia to you, Ummidia. Interesting one. The bell tower looks Norman, so UK or France. However, those chimney pots don't look British, so I'm going start the ball rolling with France? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 I agree that the vegetation looks French but there are other parts of Europe it could be. The tiles and specifically the tile covers on the chimney stacks look similar to those found in several areas unfortunately the open bell tower also isn't really specific to any one area either. Just to spread the risk I will plump for Northern Italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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