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« Reply #2175 on: September 28, 2012, 08:33:24 am »
Ah!  Thou art on the right track,  and Borodino is connected!   Just think of who won and who lost!  Natal may be a clue.   ZXZ

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« Reply #2176 on: September 28, 2012, 09:12:08 am »
Ajaccio?


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« Reply #2177 on: September 28, 2012, 09:59:49 am »
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Ajaccio

I cheated and Googled your answer Hollins !!
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« Reply #2178 on: September 28, 2012, 10:39:56 am »
You're welcome Nemesis!
I cheated because Mr Hollins got it because he knew where Napoleon was born.
Good one Yorkie. I thought I had been there because I thought it was somewhere like Cuitadella in Menorca but I have never been to Corsica so I was totally on the wrong track.

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« Reply #2179 on: September 28, 2012, 10:44:17 am »
Right on both counts!  The  1812 reference was to Napolean who was born (natal) in Ajaccio.   I think as I had said it was a Cathedral and H said Ajaccio the point is hers.   However, the full title should also get at least 2 Brownie points!   Well done both.    $good$
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« Reply #2180 on: September 28, 2012, 12:43:24 pm »
                  Where is this railway terminus?

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« Reply #2181 on: September 28, 2012, 12:52:46 pm »
Kyle of Localsh
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« Reply #2182 on: September 28, 2012, 01:07:31 pm »
          Well done Merddyn Emrys. I should have known you would get it.  I saw a locomotive named after you (different spelling) on the Porthmadog-Blaenau Railway last week! This is a picture taken from nearly the same spot showing the Skye Bridge and beyond. We travelled from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh which is a "Great Railway Journey" and as you can see the weather was absolutely beautiful. 

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« Reply #2183 on: September 28, 2012, 01:19:22 pm »
Looks great! When I was last there, there was no bridge to Skye!  My name here is from the locomotive on the  Festiniog Railway, not quite the correct Welsh spelling though as it's Merddin on the loco as spelt in Victorian times! likewise the official name of the railway was wrongly spelt for the 1832 Act of parliament, they only used one F in Ffestiniog!
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« Reply #2184 on: September 28, 2012, 02:00:14 pm »
A sculpture - but what's it called, who by and where is it?
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« Reply #2185 on: September 28, 2012, 02:16:23 pm »
Woman and Bird by Joan Miro in Barcelona?

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« Reply #2186 on: September 28, 2012, 04:31:43 pm »
You're too well travelled Hollins!  Despite the name, Joan is a man as I am sure you know.   &well&
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« Reply #2187 on: September 29, 2012, 10:55:04 am »
What famous person lived here?  There's no doubting the house is in Wales.      $walesflag$

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« Reply #2188 on: September 29, 2012, 11:07:58 am »
Dylan Thomas?
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« Reply #2189 on: September 29, 2012, 11:55:57 am »
Well done SDQ that was quick, perhaps the doubting "Thomas" gave it away.   &well&

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