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Guess the Architecture 7/21/12

Posted July 20, 2012 11:30 PM by Mizuti

This week's photo was submitted by PlbMak!

Can you figure out where this is?
Do you know some piece of architecture that employed a similar style?
Do you know something interesting and unique about the construction?

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07/21/2012 10:32 AM

Manifest a virtual presence at this place, Grayfriars Tower, aka ,the famous leaning tower of Kings Lynn.....

Enter Virtual World....click here

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07/22/2012 8:21 AM

Odd. When I try to 'click and drag', the picture moves the other direction.

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07/21/2012 10:50 PM

The clock on my screen reads one hour before your post. This is a record if ever I saw one !

ps - 9 minutes ? tut tut

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07/21/2012 12:50 PM

That's an early medieval space rocket.
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07/21/2012 10:48 PM

Fueled by early medieval distilled spirits?

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07/22/2012 12:37 AM

What was its original purpose? Someone went to a lot of trouble and expense...

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07/22/2012 2:00 AM

Kings Lyn ? Trust me, it was risk rather than trouble and expense. Some poor soul might have ended up in Harry Potter land .

SolarEagle iced this one straight off, so we may as well move on with twisted towers....

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07/22/2012 2:28 AM

That twist is so that when it lands on the mood it screws into the Lunar surface to avoid any bounce back.
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07/22/2012 4:59 PM

I know that one. But there's a war on, so I'm not locating it for fear of inviting enemy action.

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07/23/2012 5:28 AM

Over on another thread, Gwen just invited some Dutch/German humour .

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