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    Yup - a rather unusual view of the tower at the end of the bridge - usual view Over to you...
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    That did throw me off a bit, at first I was looking at other Spanish cities as I thought it wasn't Cordoba.

    Famous building, shouldn't take too long for you lot to guess:

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    The Achener Dom!
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    It is of course the Aachener Dom.

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    Tough, either central America or South East Asia would be my first broad guess.

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    Perhaps some newly discovered Guatemalan Mayan ruins? I know a whole heap were found recently.

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    King Kamehameha Summer Palace Ruins, Hawaii?
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    None of the above. But it's in the tropics, that bit is correct There's one more clue in the pic that should narrow it down a lot. What's the building material?
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    Looks like basalt, is it Nan Madol in Micronesia?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lolIsuck View Post
    Looks like basalt, is it Nan Madol in Micronesia?
    it is
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    Surprisingly easy find when you google basalt tropic ruin.

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    Somewhere in "greater Russia"
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    Somewhere in "greater Russia" indeed.

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    Nobody? Oh well. Russian Orthodox Church in Tallinn: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
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    Correct once more, I took the pic a few years back when I as in Tallinn for a student trip/uni assignment. I have to find a few other people to rep before you can be rewarded though. Rep has been given.
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    Some half-arsed Greek theatre.

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    The answer to that might prove controversial
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    The theatre in Heraclea Lyncestis, Macedonia?

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