Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

[wolram]

Piazza del Duomo? It's one of the only building that I found in Italy that was built in circa 1100. It's located in Pisa, which has the Teatro Verdi di Pisa, an opera house. The vertical building could be the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/P...2!3m1!1s0x132a54023b4bd26f:0x8d34b89a4bd812ae

Good one, wolram, this is a toughy. And then again, they all are . . .

I* think you have to think about the opera, the buildings are separated by a few Mtrs

 

[wolram]

Are the buildings themselves famous for opera or just the land in which the buildings are in?

One more clue the place has an airport. about 200 km (120 mi) south-east of Milan

EDIT

 

[Infinitum]

One day busy with tests and all of you solved so many riddles!

This one is really good too. I am beginning to find search engines are a must for this game. In addition to the hints, I base my inference on the wonderful questions and deductions by @collinsmark, @ProfuselyQuarky and @1oldman2.

@wolram: "Maybe" as an answer was key! Was it not also referring to the fried Bologna biscuit?!

The Bologna Two Towers?

 

[collinsmark]

Just a guess here, but I'm guessing that the "some form of flag waving" hint might be a reference to the Semaphore Telegraph towers [perhaps the system introduced by Claude Shappe (and used in the Napoleonic period)]. These were used for a form of communication involving visual "semaphore" signals sent from tower to tower, manned by people with small telescopes. These sorts of semaphore systems were the precursor to the electrical telegraph.

My guess presumes that perhaps one of these towers, in a network, was next to an opera house. (The opera house must have been a preexisting structure at the time of the semaphore introduction, since there is a time differential of of several hundred years between circa 1100 till the time of these semaphore systems.)

I'm not getting far in linking the two though. So if anybody wishes to follow up on this idea, by all means feel free. [Edit: By that I mean feel free to take this idea and run with it if you want (I don't know if it's really relevant, but if you think it might have merit, go for it)].

 

[Infinitum]

Thank you for sharing, @collinsmark. I did not know about the Semaphore Telegraph towers -- they are rather interesting. I also quite like this line of thought and had in fact attributed the same meaning to "flag-waving" (i.e. a means of communication) myself , by considering "signaling" towers similar to lighthouses. Although, unless I misunderstand wolram's new hint:

I* think you have to think about the opera, the buildings are separated by a few Mtrs

I think he means the buildings (as the opera was not specifically referred to as a building in both, this hint, and the original), i.e. the vertical and non-vertical buildings are separated by a few meters, and I therefore abandoned this approach because there would be no real benefit in such communication between buildings so close by each other.

I believe Bologna's Two Towers fit the hints well, but in their case, the meaning of "flag-waving" is symbolic, and perhaps denotes the dominance of rich families. As this is uncertain, and in case I did misunderstand wolram's hint, it may be quite rewarding to follow this line of thought, but as of my previous attempt, I too have hit a roadblock.

 

[wolram]

One day busy with tests and all of you solved so many riddles!

This one is really good too. I am beginning to find search engines are a must for this game. In addition to the hints, I base my inference on the wonderful questions and deductions by @collinsmark, @ProfuselyQuarky and @1oldman2.

@wolram: "Maybe" as an answer was key! Was it not also referring to the fried Bologna biscuit?!

Well done Infinitum.

Well done Infinitum

The Bologna Two Towers?

 

[wolram]

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy, and is one of the most important opera venues in Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season.

While there had been various theatres presenting opera in Bologna since the early 17th century, they had either fallen into disuse or burnt down. However, from the early 18th century, the Teatro Marsigli-Rossi had been presenting operatic works by popular composers of the day including Vivaldi, Gluck, and Niccolò Piccinni. The Teatro Malvezzi, built in 1651, burned down in February 1745 and this event prompted the construction of a new public theatre, theNuovo Teatro Pubblico, as the Teatro Comunale was first called when it opened on 14 May 1763.

 

[Infinitum]

Yay!

I read about this recently, and although quite easy, I felt compelled to use it. So here is the next one:

Located on an island, nearly an hour away from the burning lake contained by three of its big brothers, it lies, relatively calm.
These represented the traumatic home of a great evil, the destination of two peace-loving adventurers, and the place of birth and death of a prized possession.

Find "it".

 

[wolram]

Well i am stumped all readythe only burning lake i can find is in Butan?

 

[Infinitum]

While that lake in Bhutan is actually called the Burning Lake, it is a land locked country. Also, "burning lake" is not literally the name of the lake in the riddle, but instead is an adjective that suits its type/surroundings.

As an aside, a famous story describes that Bhutan's Burning Lake was named that because a lamp did not stop burning even after Terton Pema Lingpa, a treasure seeker, dived into the lake with it, to successfully find the hidden Buddhist relics and artifacts.

 

[wolram]

Dang it I'm sure it is Hawaii but i can not find any thing

Mauna Kea?

 

[wolram]

Mount Pelee is the only one i can find with mystical powers.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Dang it I'm sure it is Hawaii but i can not find any thing

Mauna Kea?

Well, in Mauna Kea, there is Lake Waiau, which is actually a on top of the Pu'u Waiau cinder cone volcano. That could possibly be what Infinitum is referring to by saying "burning lake". Maybe. I'm not sure if "it" is a mountain, though . . .

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

There is some mythology with the lake, but nothing too evil.

 

[wolram]

There is some mythology with the lake, but nothing too evil.

You keep looking Profusely, I'm all searched out.

 

[Infinitum]

You people are progressing the right direction, I like it!

But you really need to consider the second hint at this point -- the key word being "represented". Not everything is necessarily real.

 

[wolram]

You people are progressing the right direction, I like it!

But you really need to consider the second hint at this point -- the key word being "represented". Not everything is necessarily real.

So maps and Google Earth are no good?

 

[Infinitum]

So maps and Google Earth are no good?

They are, as the answer is an actual location on Earth. But to use the second hint, you will have to think beyond real maps/Google Earth.

 

[wolram]

Sorry i have to leave this thread for a while my bipolar has kicked in and i can not concentrate any more, please keep the thread going i will look in from time to time

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Sorry i have to leave this thread for a while my bipolar has kicked in and i can not concentrate any more, please keep the thread going i will look in from time to time

Farewell, wolram. Sorry about your bipolar. Come visit soon!

 

[1oldman2]

Hang in there, will be back in the game soon.

 

[1oldman2]

At this point I'm inclined to rummage through old clues and hoping another gets given soon, This seems to be a very good riddle, can't wait to see where it goes.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

I really stumped on the second clue. Since @Infinitum said that it wasn't "real", I tried to find old stories and myths and whatnot, but nothing really fits. I think we need another clue . . .

 

[wolram]

I really stumped on the second clue. Since @Infinitum said that it wasn't "real", I tried to find old stories and myths and whatnot, but nothing really fits. I think we need another clue . . .

In my lucid moments i have search Hawaiian folk lore with no joy.

 

[Infinitum]

I really stumped on the second clue. Since @Infinitum said that it wasn't "real", I tried to find old stories and myths and whatnot, but nothing really fits. I think we need another clue . . .

Very well. You are definitely progressing in the right direction, and may want to look into a relatively recent novel/story that has also had a movie adaptation.

Edit: Given the nature of our game, I feel it is worthy to mention that a part of that story also had an interesting riddle war.

 

[Infinitum]

In my lucid moments i have search Hawaiian folk lore with no joy.

Oh no! please do not restrict yourselves to Hawaii.

 

[wolram]

Oh no! please do not restrict yourselves to Hawaii.

Okay back to square one.

 

[Infinitum]

Okay back to square one.

Not quite, for there are certain features in your previous guesses that are absolutely correct. My suggestion would be to keep those in mind for now and attempt to resolve the second part of the riddle, which should narrow down the search space a lot

 

[wolram]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake#Sacred_significance

This is my latest atempt.

 

[Infinitum]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake#Sacred_significance

This is my latest atempt.

Although not the right answer, the type of the lake is correct. The lake itself is not very famous.

Let me add another hint: The two diminutive peace-loving adventurers. The story is famous enough to have an impact on the English dictionary.

 

[wolram]

Infinitum, you are killing me i no idea where to search

 

[wolram]

I'm looking around Krakatoa simply because it has tree big islands around it

 

[wolram]

Lake toba.

 

[wolram]

Although i can not find any mythology about Krakatoa that is my guess as it has the three big islands around it.

 

[Infinitum]

Infinitum, you are killing me i no idea where to search

Sorry! I didn't imagine this would be very hard. I have a feeling that the answer (to the second riddle at least) will be very obvious once someone finds out!

Also, looking at your recent guesses, you seem to be deviating. From what you guys have already discovered, the following are true:

1) "It" is a mountain.
2) The type of lake is a crater lake, meaning that "It" and it's "big brothers" are volcanic peaks. (As aforementioned, the lake itself is not very famous)
3) These have some sort of a story location that they "represented".

I would like to reiterate my previous hint that the story is relatively newer (than mythological tales) and was also adapted into a major movie, and also suggest you to look at the newer hints in the posts above. If no one is able to crack it by tomorrow, I will add another hint (or reveal the answer, based on consensus).

 

[wolram]

Mount st Helens and elk lake

 

[collinsmark]

Located on an island, nearly an hour away from the burning lake contained by three of its big brothers, it lies, relatively calm.
These represented the traumatic home of a great evil, the destination of two peace-loving adventurers, and the place of birth and death of a prized possession.

Find "it".

1) "It" is a mountain.
2) The type of lake is a crater lake, meaning that "It" and it's "big brothers" are volcanic peaks. (As aforementioned, the lake itself is not very famous)
3) These have some sort of a story location that they "represented".

I would like to reiterate my previous hint that the story is relatively newer (than mythological tales) and was also adapted into a major movie, and also suggest you to look at the newer hints in the posts above. If no one is able to crack it by tomorrow, I will add another hint (or reveal the answer, based on consensus).

My guess is Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, for the lake hint at least.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/N...2!3m1!1s0x6d2c200e17779687:0xb1d618e2756a4733

Although "it", if I understand the original challenge correctly, might be referring to the nearby Mount Ngauruhoe, which was used as a stand-in for Mount Doom in the filming of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Lord of the Rings movies.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/N...2!3m1!1s0x6d2c200e17779687:0xb1d618e2756a4733

The Peace Loving adventurers could have been Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, returning the prized ring to its birth and death place. Both of these mountains in New Zealand were involved in the filming. Each represented some part of Mordor or another, depending on the particular scene in question.

Image of Mount Ngauruhoe:

Edit: Fictionalized version:

Edit: Another fictionalized version of image:

Yet another edit: Mount Tongario and its surroundings also made it into Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings adaptation, if I'm not mistaken. Although I'm thinking that Mount Ngauruhoe is still a better candidate for "it."

 

[1oldman2]

Although i can not find any mythology about Krakatoa that is my guess as it has the three big islands around it.

I have to admit I got hung up in that area for a while myself.

 

[1oldman2]

Collinsmark, that is the best guess yet. Wouldn't be surprised if your up next.

infinitum, your getting pretty good (master possibly) at this riddle business, good one.

 

[jedishrfu]

Google is your friend:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...0..0.0...0...1ac.1.64.img..10.0.0.wq4PmakwGBo

Griffith Observatory I think and if you scroll down a bit you'll a young woman gazing at the Hollywood sign no doubt dreaming of being in a sci-fi space adventure film.

 

[Infinitum]

Although "it", if I understand the original challenge correctly, might be referring to the nearby Mount Ngauruhoe, which was used as a stand-in for Mount Doom in the filming of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Lord of the Rings movies.

Well done, @collinsmark! And great efforts by the rest as well!

I don't believe I need to add any further explanation regarding the LOTR reference, as you explained it quite well. I love the fact that hobbit is now considered an actual word in the English dictionary, thanks to Tolkien's masterpiece(s). (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hobbit)

As for the possible confusion between the surrounding mountains, Mount Tongario actually contains multiple volcanic cones among which Mount Ngauruhoe is the most prominent, analogous to Mount Ruapehu which actually consists of three peaks (the three big brothers), and a crater lake. Therefore, the appropriate answer is Mount Ngauruhoe, as collinsmark aptly deduced.

infinitum, your getting pretty good (master possibly) at this riddle business, good one.

That's too nice a compliment for a beginner like myself, but thank you

 

[collinsmark]

This one is meant to be easy. At least I hope it's easy. It should be easy.

I was considering writing my own clues for this structure in the form of a poem. But there already exists a much better poem that bears repeating by Emma Lazarus. I love reading the poem. The structure it is associated with is an inspiration as well.

Maybe this is an excuse to post the poem. It has deep meaning and profundity, particularly in regards to society. If you happen to live within the society of which the structure is associated, perhaps this poem is worth a re-read; and if you happen to live in that society and still think this challenge is a hard one, perhaps read it again. Repeat as necessary. I say this only because I think some have forgotten the sentiment of the poem and the associated structure.

Even after the challenge is solved (which I'm hoping should be almost immediately after I post this), the poem is worth a good read, along with a good look at the associated structure.

What is the structure associated with this poem?

The New Colossus
by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887)

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”​

 

[wolram]

My guess

 

[collinsmark]

My guess

Yep! (Statue of Liberty. Map location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/S...2!3m1!1s0x89c25090129c363d:0x40c6a5770d25022b)

@wolram, you are up.

Edit: Slightly larger image:

 

[wolram]

Will some one else please post a clue mine will not be very good.

 

[collinsmark]

Will some one else please post a clue mine will not be very good.

Okay, I'll take it again, with, perhaps, an ever so slightly more challenging one.

 

[collinsmark]

It was 15th century* that I took stock,
When placed within the castle rock.
Are words of wit what you miss?
Maybe you should offer a kiss.
I'm nothing profound; just a slab,
Yet I can give the gift of the gab.

*(That's in terms of verifiable history, btw; associated legend may date earlier.)

 

[wolram]

The Blarney stone
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9290922,-8.5708847,15z

 

[Infinitum]

That would be red Leicestershire cheese, I presume, meaning that the park is the nearby racing circuit, Mallory Park. But I wonder what exactly the last hint implies. Assuming that's what @wolram had in mind, I will leave it for someone to try further, for I have to resume studying for exams.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/M...+Motorsport+Ltd)/@52.6006524,-1.3312454,19.5z

 

[wolram]

By heck Infinitum that was quick, good luck on your exams