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That's Bodiam Castle, isn't it?
Where is that?
Looks like the Tower of Terror at one of the Disney Parks. Tokyo, I think.Where is that?
Been meaning to go there, I just can't stand large crowds. More so humidity, heat and crowds just equals no fun for me. You can see it from I-840 above the trees.Castle Gwynn, Nashville, TN.
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They have a big Renn Faire here every year for the month of May.
I first saw it years ago from the road and thought, "that sort of looks like a caste." I went once to the Ren Faire and was there for jousting and falconry. It was a good day. And that was probably about 15 years ago so it was not super packed.Been meaning to go there, I just can't stand large crowds. More so humidity, heat and crowds just equals no fun for me. You can see it from I-840 above the trees.
The husband was there when he was a wee young lad of 19 travelling with the Rainbow Gypsy Theatre (& the Celestial Circus) in the castle's first years in the bygone era called the Late-80s. Tells stories of sitting atop one tower on the Solstice and of the night lightning struck one (archetypal revelation!).Castle Gwynn, Nashville, TN.
They have a big Renn Faire here every year for the month of May.
Yup, the corporation my wife works for merged with another and we had to come down here from Washington.I first saw it years ago from the road and thought, "that sort of looks like a caste." I went once to the Ren Faire and was there for jousting and falconry. It was a good day. And that was probably about 15 years ago so it was not super packed.
Are you in Tennessee, Acmegamer ?
Nice! My hometown was Lawrenceburg, but as an adult I've lived in Memphis, Knoxville, and Johnson City. I left for Maine back in 2007.Yup, the corporation my wife works for merged with another and we had to come down here from Washington.
Living about 15 or so miles west of the castle currently. Off and on we've been house shopping but then the pandemic hit and house prices went crazy. So we put it on the back burner for the time being. Honestly though, I miss the Pacific Northwest. Love the Cascades.Nice! My hometown was Lawrenceburg, but as an adult I've lived in Memphis, Knoxville, and Johnson City. I left for Maine back in 2007.
It does look a bit too tidy on the inside and out. When I first saw it I assumed it was a grain elevator, but they added more towers later.Living about 15 or so miles west of the castle currently. Off and on we've been house shopping but then the pandemic hit and house prices went crazy. So we put it on the back burner for the time being. Honestly though, I miss the Pacific Northwest. Love the Cascades.
I spent damn near a decade in Europe and visited a lot of castle etc, so they sort of ruined me for any in the U.S. that claims to be a castle. Hehe.
In like actual downtown? or in the massive urban sprawl that is Houston, downtown? Was it grey?Does any Pubber who lives in Texas remember that large faux castle in downtown Houston? I'd always see it from the highway driving through the city, but never knew what it was
In like actual downtown? or in the massive urban sprawl that is Houston, downtown? Was it grey?
Is it known what exactly was (or still is) inside it?a small Roman Shrine/Temple
It was built to commemorate the bridge and triumph arch on the bridge in 103 CE. The architect dedicated the bridge to the last deified emperors of Rome, so I bet that's the purpose of the shrine. It is one of the two only completely intact temple/Shrines in Spain, the other being somewhere around Barcelona in Vic.Is it known what exactly was (or still is) inside it?
Can't speak about "forever", but he definitely did a good job, given how long has passed since!The illustrious Lacer, with divine art, made the bridgeto last forever in the ages of the perpetual world.
It's seriously holding up! Hats off to the architect (Gaius Julius Lacer)for a bridge that's lasted almost 2000 years!Can't speak about "forever", but he definitely did a good job, given how long has passed since!
Probably an alter in the back. I can't tell, but it looks pretty empty now. It was converted into a chapel of St. Julian in 1169, which helped preserve it.But was there something inside the temple? Like, a shrine or a statue or something like that?
Where is that?