The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Thank you om.
How about an entrance gate? Name of the house will do.
How about an entrance gate? Name of the house will do.
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I think that PN might get this one
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One of the gates at Hampton Court Palace?
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Burghley House. Had to be a horse trial place.
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OK, try this one. I'm sure someone must have been there or driven past.
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Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL
Our layover hotel was across the street.
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Orlando, FL
Our layover hotel was across the street.
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That's the one. I'll be there next month for the AKC National Dog Show. Possibly even the same hotel across the street.
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Rosen Center IIRC
OH
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This is an easy one, for those that don't capitulate of course.
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Twinned with Canterbury. Very significant WWII event took place here.
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Though I do not recognise it, from your clues it must be the building that was SHAEF HQ in Rheims that was where Germany signed the surrender in 1945.
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Found it now! 14 Rue du Franklin Roosevelt, Rheims. Now Lycée Polyvalent Franklin Roosevelt.
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Smeagol has it, we are in Reims.
Smeagol in the hot seat.At 2:41 am on Monday, May 7, 1945, three high officers of the German armed forces sat with American, British, French and Russian officers and signed a declaration of unconditional surrender, ending World War II in Europe.
The signature took place at a red brick school just northwest of the train station in Reims (map), which was then the headquarters of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
The school is now the Lycée Roosevelt on rue du Président Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the room in which the surrender took place is now the Musée de a Reddition (Museum of the Surrender).
Signature took place in the headquarters' Map Room, which has been preserved as it was at the time—literally under glass, as glass panels separate the viewing area from the walls covered in war maps and statistics, and the simple school table at which the generals and admirals sat for signature.
Low on the wall by the door where you enter is the Headquarters' typewritten daily bulletin noting the surrender, along with casualty reports (tens of thousands killed, hundreds of thousands wounded or missing) and supplies arrived (millions of tons).
Other rooms hold exhibits of uniforms, press reports, war souvenirs and artifacts from the conflict and the part Reims played in it.
The museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm, closed Tuesday and on four major holidays. You can walk there easily from the Gare de Reims.
Musée de la Reddition
12 rue Franklin Roosevelt (map)
Reims, France
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Thanks om.
How about a statue? Who was she and where are we?
How about a statue? Who was she and where are we?
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Looks like Victoria.
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In Austria?
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