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December 2008 issue

The Temple of Canova, Possagno, Italy
The Temple of Canova

At age nine, he sculpted two shrines out of Carrara marble in his hometown of Possagno, Italy, that still can be seen today. At 12, his impromptu sculpture of a lion (made from the butter at a nobleman’s dinner party) won him a lifelong patron. And at 63, two years before his death, Antonio Canova (1757-1822) laid the fist stone of the neoclassical temple that was to bear his name and his tomb: the Temple of Canova, the subject of October’s photo. The temple, located in Possagno, also holds works by Canova and other Italian artists.

Three readers sent in correct answers...

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April 2006 issue

Skansen Open Air Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Skansen Open Air Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Alternative energy: this windmill’s turning at the Skansen Open Air Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

Six readers sent in the correct answer, and LINNEA SAFFELL of Kalamazoo, Michigan, won the drawing.

We thank Allyn Burke of Pollock Pines, California, for sending in the picture.

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January 2006 issue

Tuareg Uprising Peace Memorial, Republic of Mali
Tuareg Uprising Peace Memorial

Frank A. Kanka of Portage, Michigan, traveled all the way to Timbuktu (Tombouctou) to snap November’s photo. It’s the Tuareg Uprising Peace Memorial, or the “Flamme de la Paix,” located at the edge of the Sahara Desert in the Republic of Mali.

Mr. Kanka says, “The Tuareg, also known as the Blue People of the Sahara Desert, rebelled against the central governments of Mali and Niger in the early and mid-1990s. When the rebellion in Mali ended, weapons were symbolically burned in a pyre and this memorial was built.

No guesses were received by press...

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September 2009 issue

The Leviathan telescope in Parsontown, Ireland
The Leviathan in Parsontown, Ireland

Out of this world! The word “amateur” is derived from the Latin word “to love.” Irish amateur astronomer William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse, truly showed his love of stellar science when he designed and constructed The Leviathan, a 72-inch reflector telescope, from 1840 to 1845.

Located at Birr Castle in Parsontown, in central Ireland, the telescope was for 75 years the largest in the world. Among the discoveries made by Lord Rosse was the galaxy M-51, aka the Whirlpool Galaxy.

Seven readers sent in the correct answer by the deadline, and JAMES...

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January 2009 issue

Six Banyan Tree Temple in Guangzhou, China
Six Banyan Tree Temple in Guangzhou, China

Mystery solved! Really, is there anywhere ITN readers haven’t been? (And, in this case, any when, too!)

Jo Ann Scott of Lacey, Washington, sent in this picture of two Buddhas taken on a trip to Asia in 1983, but she couldn’t recollect where she took it. (Note to self: label all those travel pictures ASAP.) 

Well, one reader, GARY YOST of Seattle, Washington, just happened upon the same site. . . in the same year (1983) as Jo Ann Scott. . . and took several shots from the same angle that Jo Ann’s picture was taken, complete with workers and building...

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May 2006 issue

Shali Fortress, Siwa Oasis, Sahara Desert, Egypt
Shali Fortress

On the edge of the “great sand sea” — March’s photo depicts Shali Fortress, built in 1203, in the Siwa Oasis, Sahara Desert, Egypt.

Four readers sent in the correct answer and CONRAD HOUGE of South Colby, Washington, won the drawing.

We thank James Sanzare of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for sending in the picture.

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October 2004 issue

Beacon Tower in England's Cotswolds
Beacon Tower in England's Cotswolds

Too easy? Every one of the 25 entries submitted for the picture in the August ’04 issue had the correct answer. It’s the Beacon Tower (most often referred to as the Broadway Tower) near the town of Broadway in England’s Cotswolds.

The winner of the drawing was IRVING E. DAYTON of Corvallis, Oregon.

We thank Valerie Pacheco of Zephyrhills, Florida, for submitting the photo.

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February 2006 issue

Sculpture of the giant troll Gudar, Jutland, Denmark
Sculpture of the giant troll Gudar, Jutland, Denmark

Fe, fi, fo, fum. . . .

December’s picture is a 40- foot metal sculpture of the giant troll Gudar.

Legend has it that Gudar used a big rock to carve out the Gudena River Valley in central Jutland, Denmark. He stands today near the Norgaards Hojskole (school) in the town of Bjerringbro.

Reader Barrett Rich of Tampa, Florida, sent in the picture (Thank you) and warned us that it might be a “really tough location” to guess. He was right — no guesses were received by press time.

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