Guess This Photo December

[Mark]

PUENTE NUEVO the new bridge
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[Ann]

Here's the next:

 

[GailS]

Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice.

 

[Ann]

Very good, Gail. One of our favorite churches in Venice!

 

[GailS]

One of ours too. The story of the restoration done by SaveVenice.org is very interesting - fixing damage done by a prior attempt at restoration which inadvertently caused salt damage to the outer marble panels.

Next...

 

[GailS]

A hint - as described by a famous American author:

"One of these old towers is split down the middle, and one half has tumbled aside. It tumbled in such a way as to establish itself in a picturesque attitude. Then all it lacked was a fitting drapery, and Nature has furnished that; she has robed the rugged mass in flowers and verdure, and made it a charm to the eye. The standing half exposes its arched and cavernous rooms to you, like open, toothless mouths; there, too, the vines and flowers have done their work of grace. The rear portion of the tower has not been neglected, either, but is clothed with a clinging garment of polished ivy which hides the wounds and stains of time. Even the top is not left bare, but is crowned with a flourishing group of trees & shrubs. Misfortune has done for this old tower what it has done for the human character sometimes – improved it."

 

[GailS]

One more photo

 

[GailS]

Last hint - the city with this castle has Germany's oldest university. If there's no guess in the next couple of hours someone else please post a new photo.

 

[Ann]

Got to be Heidelberg.

 

[GailS]

It is. Your turn.

 

[Ann]

Here's the next one, and Mele Kalikimaka to all:

 

[chachalaca]

Mele Kelikimaka, Ann!

 

[Ann]

And Hau'oli Makahiki Hou, to you especially, Chachalaca!

 

[freakTraveller45]

Loumarin?

 

[Ann]

No, it's in a completely different region, about 5 hours north of Lourmarin.

 

[Ann]

Okay, it's Semur-en-Auxois, a lovely medieval town in Burgundy. Over to whoever wants it, and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou to all.