The Capetonian WOE Thread

[Ex-Ascot]

Looks like eastern Europe.

[4mastacker]

That looks like Alexander the Great and Bucephalus in UP's bailiwick.

[CharlieOneSix]

My immediate reaction was the forecourt of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, but the building is too unkempt for that, plus those awful modern windows are not what you see at the Court of Session buildings. I have no wish to revisit the Court of Session - a stressful experience of 35 years ago! I bet it's Edinburgh but don't know where.

EDIT: hadn't seen this page of posts when I planted mine - looks like 4m has it.

[FD2]

The statue used to stand between the carriageways at the St Andrew Square end of George Street, where the pedestrian crossing is now. It was made in several parts by the Aberdeen sculptor John Steell and finally finished and presented in 1884. Steell is supposed to have had so many problems with payments from the Edinburgh Council that when he cast the horse's head he gave it pig ears, indeed an 1833, 20-inch cast shows the beast with more horse-like ears. Judge for yourselves:

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The 17 year old Alexander is supposed to have worked out that the horse was afraid of its own shadow and became the first person to mount it after turning its head to the sun. Whatever the truth it was certainly his favourite steed until his death at the age of 32 in Babylon.

The statue has stood in the courtyard of Edinburgh City Chambers since it was moved from George Street in 1916, so Edinburgh is correct by C16 and 4ma got the subject correct and that it was in Scotland but neither got the exact location so OH is declared!

Edit: C16 has conceded victory so honours go to 4ma - you have control!

[G-CPTN]

The smaller casting would be easily possible nowadays with modern scaling techniques, but in 1833 it must have required considerable skill.

[4mastacker]

Thank you.

And now somewhere a bit lot warmer than Edinburgh. Somewhere nice to relax after a day's safari (There you are - a big clue already).

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[4mastacker]

24 hours and no offers?? A famous diplomat met with an unfortunate accident near here.

[TheGreenGoblin]

24 hours and no offers?? A famous diplomat met with an unfortunate accident near here.

Sarajevo?

[Smeagol]

The clue gave it away.
Dag Hammarskjold died in a DC-6 crash near Ndola in September 1961, then in Northern Rhodesia now Zambia.

Hotel is the Ndola Protea Hotel by Marriott

[4mastacker]

You've got it Smeagol. The crash was featured on one of the Sky channels the other day and that's what gave me the idea of the question. Ndola was also one of the detachment locations following Mr Smith's UDI. All yours sir.

[Smeagol]

Once again a church, of sorts, but where?

[FD2]

India?

[Smeagol]

Not India, further west.

Blessed are the inquisitive for they shall post the next picture.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Are we in the Indian ocean west of Africa as opposed to being in Pakistan?

[FD2]

Malaysia?

[FD2]

Doh! Now I've had my Weetabix I'll try further towards the real west....

[Smeagol]

Not the Indian Ocean area, nor Pakistan or Malaysia (I did say west of India earlier). West of all those.

There is the clue in my #773 above, the form and the wording indicate a certain event in the Christian theology. The building celebrates this.

[Karearea]

Israel...

[Smeagol]

Israel...

[jimtherev]

How about Mount of Olives?
or summit (see what I did there?)