Who / What / Where Game - Page 919

Jimbuna · 11-29-20, 08:28 AM

15th century?

u crank · 11-29-20, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidman

The project was financed by the Portuguese.

Was it built by the Portuguese?

skidman · 11-29-20, 08:51 AM

@Jim: later

@ u_crank: The Portuguese built it, some non Portuguese extensions were added later.

Aktungbby · 11-29-20, 11:22 AM

the Azores?

skidman · 11-29-20, 11:31 AM

No.

Jimbuna · 11-29-20, 12:37 PM

Moorish Barracks; b. 1874, Macau?

skidman · 11-29-20, 03:48 PM

No, but a building with a military function.

Catfish · 11-29-20, 04:18 PM

In Portugal?

skidman · 11-29-20, 05:24 PM

No.

Buddahaid · 11-29-20, 06:17 PM

Mazagão Fort?

Aktungbby · 11-29-20, 10:07 PM

is it an old Portugues slave fort on the Atlantic coast of Africa?

skidman · 11-30-20, 02:10 AM

@Buddahaid: Close, very close, but no cigar.

@Aktungbby: Atlantic coast? Yes. Africa? Yes. Slave fort? No.

Aktungbby · 11-30-20, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidman

What and where is this?

In present day Morocco? EDIT: Portuguese castle in Essaoura, Morocco? The missing spires were deceptive...Buddahaid led me to the promised
land!

skidman · 11-30-20, 04:57 AM

Spot on. It is the northern bastion, Borj Nord, part of the Scala de la Kasbah in Essaouira, Morocco. Construction started in the early 16th centuryby the Portuguese and was finished in the 18th century by the Arabs.

Over to Aktungbby

Aktungbby · 11-30-20, 12:13 PM

I wonder where the spires went? I now know more about 'Portagee' slave-fort archetecture on both African coastlines than I dreamed of! Many of the forts were wood rebuilt with stone imported from Portugal, destroyed by Dutch or French slavers in trade wars...and then used to build something else...stone being a vital commodity not to be wasted. Several are ruins classified as UNESCO world heritage sites. Many of the forts or castles(approx 40),incl Brit and Swedish!!?? were white coral instead of brown stone which narrowed it down. I'll be back with something unsolvable.

11-29-20, 08:28 AM	#13771
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11-29-20, 08:51 AM	#13773
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	@Jim: later @ u_crank: The Portuguese built it, some non Portuguese extensions were added later. __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

11-29-20, 11:22 AM	#13774
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,871 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	the Azores? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

11-29-20, 11:31 AM	#13775
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	No. __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

11-29-20, 12:37 PM	#13776
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Moorish Barracks; b. 1874, Macau? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-29-20, 03:48 PM	#13777
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	No, but a building with a military function. __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

11-29-20, 04:18 PM	#13778
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	In Portugal? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

11-29-20, 05:24 PM	#13779
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	No. __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

11-29-20, 06:17 PM	#13780
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,561 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Mazagão Fort? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-29-20, 10:07 PM	#13781
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,871 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	is it an old Portugues slave fort on the Atlantic coast of Africa? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

11-30-20, 02:10 AM	#13782
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	@Buddahaid: Close, very close, but no cigar. @Aktungbby: Atlantic coast? Yes. Africa? Yes. Slave fort? No. __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

11-30-20, 04:57 AM	#13784
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Spot on. It is the northern bastion, Borj Nord, part of the Scala de la Kasbah in Essaouira, Morocco. Construction started in the early 16th centuryby the Portuguese and was finished in the 18th century by the Arabs. Over to Aktungbby __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

11-30-20, 12:13 PM	#13785
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,871 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I wonder where the spires went? I now know more about 'Portagee' slave-fort archetecture on both African coastlines than I dreamed of! Many of the forts were wood rebuilt with stone imported from Portugal, destroyed by Dutch or French slavers in trade wars...and then used to build something else...stone being a vital commodity not to be wasted. Several are ruins classified as UNESCO world heritage sites. Many of the forts or castles(approx 40),incl Brit and Swedish!!?? were white coral instead of brown stone which narrowed it down. I'll be back with something unsolvable. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"