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This has a look of British Colonialism to it. Is it Africa?

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Morocco?

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Equus

Have you posted this pic before? It's familiar!

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You guys are getting closer.

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Not Asia. Not Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Not a French territory)

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Cicerone: Not Morocco.

Kev: Mmmmmmm I would have to say NOT Africa in the normal sense, but this place is closer to Africa than to any other continent....BIG CLUE!

Margo: I posted the description before during a lull in the game, but the lull ended and we went back to the last photo. This photo hasn't been posted before, and is only posted now with cjhsa's help.

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So....what place is 'sort of' near Africa and would be not French but yet would be flying a French flag? I want you to also explain why this particular building is significant, which shouldn't be very difficult to guess if you can determine where it is.

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Canary Islands?

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Saint Helena Very Happy

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la orotava?

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http://www.travel-images.com/saint-helena11.jpg

when Equus said it's nearer to Africa than anywhere else, I.E. it's a bit nearer than ½ way towards Africa, than anywhere else, plus the true British colonial look, I thought of St. Helena.Governers house perhaps, or courtroom, but I cant find any pics of either.

However, despite the paintwork being different, and being taken from a different viewpoint, this has a look of the building in Equus pic, dont you think? I think this is where Napolean was exiled to.

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I think you have it Kev! And introduced me to a new location on top of it. I never knew there was a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic, as St. Helena is. Smile

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caprice wrote:

I think you have it Kev! And introduced me to a new location on top of it. I never knew there was a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic, as St. Helena is.

Well, only francophones or people interested in (European) history will know more about that :wink:

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Yes, this is St. Helena, and this house is where Napoleon Bonaparte spent his (second) exile and final days. It's called "Longwood House".

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This is, how the house looked like, when Napoleon stayed there:

http://www.napoleonguide.com/images/nap_longwood.jpg

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Here's an interesting link on St Helena.
http://geosciences.ou.edu/~bweaver/Ascension/sh-tour.htm

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Looks like it might be a plaza in Spain. Wink

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Your'e right C.I. it could but it's not

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I have no guesses about the current picture, but just wanted to chime in and say that anyone who's interested in St. Helena might enjoy a novel called The Monsters of St. Helena, by Brooks Hansen. It's a fictional account of Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, and the friendship that supposedly develops between him and a teenage girl who lives on the island. The book is full of fascinating historical and geographical details about St. Helena.

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