Harut Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 what floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 (edited) 2nd floor, assuming the first is ground floor. Oh and yay to Steve. And what do you mean bad-taste? It's a beautiful statue. It's called manneke pis (little man piss) by the way for those who might be interested. It's one of the main attractions in Brussels. Edited August 9, 2004 by nairi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 no idea.......I just know its not in the basement coz thats where a shitty nighclub is located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 It's one of the main attractions in Brussels. THats it! Im going to Brussels!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 The world's biggest Indian takeaway? (Situated conveniently next to the world's biggest lavatory and vomitarium) Nope, but you have an interesting imagination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 THats it! Im going to Brussels!!!! Really? You have already seen the main attraction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Azat, if you can find a map, this place is just a couple of miles, maybe three, away from the spot people use to get to Capri. Niapoli? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Nope. Hint: the name is derived from the Greek word for "siren"... You know, the creatures whose morphology is ambivalent - either they're bird-women or fish-women (mermaids)... So at least it starts with an S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Storms, is it the Sirenum Scopuli? So what's this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Inside some museum somewhere, Nairi? Perhaps Berlin, the "museum island" (and the reconstuction of the Pergamon altar perhaps?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Not even close Steve I would've expected you to know this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 (edited) Ahh, but I was going by what I see, not what I know What I see is part of a building, old, Classical, looks reconstructed rather than repaired, and (importantly) it is photographed under subdued light. Where in the Classical world do you get subdued light? Nowhere much. So it may be pghotographed indoors, like in a museum. But if it is out in the open and is an in-situ building then the heavy-handed and amateurish restoration / reconstuction would point to probably somewhere in Turkey, Ephesus perhaps. (Though the absence of a horde of rusty metal plates nailed to the stonework is puzzling. You normally find one little metal plate giving the house number - doesn't matter that nobody actually lives there, and another little metal plate for the electricity meter number, and another little plate for the obsolete house number, and another little metal plate for an even older obsolete house number, and so on ). Edited August 9, 2004 by bellthecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 (edited) It is reconstructed. You got that much right It's also Classical. It's not indoor and it's in Armenia. Edited August 9, 2004 by nairi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Then it has to be the temple / tomb at Garni! But, even though it's recostruction was more of a rebuilding than a restoration, and it was done in the 1960s, I thought that the new stonework was better done than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Yay! The nature around it is breathtaking.. Too bad I didn't have a digi cam in Armenia and don't have a scanner here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Yep - I remember the wonderful scenery when I visited it 10 years ago, I especially liked the way the stone cliffs were arranged in shapes like columns: reminded me of the rock formations on Staffa island on the west coast of Scotland. I would have liked to have walked down to and then up along the gorge - but I was with a small tour group and they didn't have the time. Any guesses yet for my picture with the cryptic clue? I'll post more of the photo tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Is it Venus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 You will need to elaborate on that answer, Nairi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Storms, is it the Sirenum Scopuli? So what's this? I believe those were three little islets. This is a town on the coast. Very close, very close. I can give it away if it's no fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 If I remember correctly, Azat's uncle had been involved in the reconstruction of the Garni temple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 OK, one last hint - the name of this place comes from the Greek for "siren," as already mentioned - and this word is "syrrenton"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 ahhhhhhh, Sorrento. Have a great story to tell about Sorrento. about 10 years ago I planned a wonderful 20 day trip to Italy. It included a night in Sorrento and a night in Capri. Did some research(non internet) and found a great hotel right on the main street(2 lanes- small) a block away from those cliffs that Stormes has posted on this site. When we got to Sorrento is was a beautiful fall day. Sunny blue skies, temperature about 20-25 Celsius. Just perfect. We get to our hotel and cant cross this main street just like that. We find formula 1 cars driving on the street and you can only cross when they are not present. Well to our surprise it was the 24 hour race that goes through Sorrento into the hills near by and just keeps circling the town over and over again. That night the F1 cares would roar by my window every few minutes. And while initially it was exciting, it got really aggravating at 3 or 4 in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Yes Stormes, it was my great uncle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 (edited) So nobody knows the building I posted ??? That's not surprising. Hint: it is in New Jersey. Edited August 9, 2004 by Sasun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 Bingo, Azat! Well, then, you should have posted the photo instead of me - I just passed through it. I don't remember if in fact there were any Greeks - but I think there were some in Brindisi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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