ok, some may have noticed that i have been cleaning up the graphics of the board a bit.

i have also added a little image of a place/monument/thing in madrid at the footer of every page (lower right).

so, here they are all in a row...

1
2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

challenge is to name the 23 places/monuments/things in the images.

first to get all 23 right gets a virtual pat on the back from me

saludos,
jer...

ok, so the 12th one...



... is pretty hard since one can't really see it well enough to make it out so you can skip that one.

saludos,
jer...

11 is:

What is NOT the most popular beer Alex. Since Mahou is

multimadrid is not about the most popular but rather about being the best

saludos,
jer...

1) Cibeles

2) Banco de españa

3) ?

4) El Ayuntamiento

5) ?

6) Palacio Reial

7) La Almudena

8) Cervantes

9) Carlos III

10)

11) ?

12) ?

13) Templo Debod

14) can't remember the name, but know it by sight.

15) Plaza de Toros - "Las Ventas"

16)

17) La Almudena

18) La Atocha

19) Alfonso XII

20)

21) Opera house, Plaza de Oriente, facing the Royal Palace

22) Banco de España (Calle Alcala)

23) Lion monument, Parque del Retiro, (at the Retiro park).

Oh well, it is rather late, and I am rather tired after dealing with all the processing heaped on my desk by my 65 clients today (Monday 28th) or should I say yesterday now? God!!! is it tuesday already, \0/ Sheeeeeeesh, another 70 odd clients today, and four more days until the weekend, Man, I need some sleep or something!!

Well, there you go, I tried my best, (without cheating) and I think I did quite well, don't you Jer!!

Saludos/Ciao

1. Cibeles fountain

2. Gran Via building, near Callao

3. ?

4. ?

5. Neptuno fountain in Plaza Canovas del Castillo

6. Opera House (Teatro Real)

7. Almudena Cathedral

8. Miguel de Cervantes (monument from Plaza de Espana)

9. Felipe IV statue in Plaza de Oriente

10. Metro station sign from "Sol" (Puerta del Sol)

11. One of Spain's beers (but bottled outside of Spain,I think)

13. Templo de Debod

14. KIO towers, Puerta de Europa in Plaza de Castilla

15. Las Ventas bullring

16. Plaza de Colon, "Discovery Gardens" monument

17. San Francisco el Grande - ?

18. Atocha train station

19. statue of Carlos III - Puerta del Sol

20. Sign found in square bearing the same name. Near Opera house, cafes &
restaurants.

21. Sign found in plaza bearing the same name. Park-like setting between the
Opera house & the Royal Palace.

22. top of "Metropolis" building by Gran Via & c/ Alcala

23. Lion statue by "Palacio del Congreso", across from Plaza de las Cortes.


Well, that's my imput! Not 100%, which kills me, because I consider myself a Madrid expert...but maybe the next person will
be able to use some of my answers. (Hope they're OK.I haven't lived in Madrid for over 5 years, so...) By the way, what was number 12 supposed to be? Just wondering....

Dorene

not bad gang!

ok, so far...

so, here they are all in a row...

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1 - Santi & Ayala, cibeles is correct (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/plazadelacibeles/madrid_cibeles15.jpg)


2 - Ayala is closest with gran via building near callao.


3 - nobody guessed. hint: a religious building not far from the prado museum. one of the most beautiful yet unknown of madrid.


4 - nobody got it right. hint: it is very close to the plaza mayor and used to be a jail


5 - Ayala, is in fact "neptuno", bet the trident gave it away huh (http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/plazacanovascastillo/m...nte_de_neptuno18.jpg)


6 - Ayala, is indeed the royal theater (teatro real).


7 - Santi & Ayala, Almudena is correct (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/almudena/madrid_almudena3.jpg).


8 - Santi & Ayala, cervantes at plaza esp. is correct (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/plazadeespana/madrid_plaza_de_espana10.jpg).


9 - Ayala, yep, felipe iv at plaza oriente (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/plazadeoriente/plaza_de_oriente42.jpg).


10 - Ayala, yes, the metro sign at puerta del sol (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/puertadelsol/madrid_puerta_del_sol12.jpg).


11 - Ayala, yes, san miguel, the best spanish beer (imho) but i did not know it was bottled outside of spain (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/pastdesktops/desktops/md9_1024c.jpg).


12 - the mystey is a "tosta de setas" (portobello mushroom toast apetizer), too small and hard to see i know (http://www.multimadrid.com/pastdesktops/desktops/md10_1024c.jpg).


13 - Santi & Ayala, yes, templo de debod (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/templodedebod/templo_de_debod3.jpg).


14 - Ayala, yes, on of the 2 torres kio (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/pastdesktops/desktops/md5_1024f.jpg).


15 - Santi & Ayala, yes, plaza de toros de las ventas.


16 - Ayala, yes, discovery gardens in colon (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/colondescubrimiento/madrid_colon15.jpg).


17 - Santi, yes, a close up of the almudena taken from corner of calle mayor and calle bailen (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/almudena/madrid_almudena6.jpg).


18 - Santi & Ayala, atocha station is correct (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/atocha/madrid_atocha1.jpg).


19 - Ayala, yes, carlos iii in sol (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/sites/puertadelsol/madrid_puerta_del_sol4.jpg).


20 & 21 - Ayala & Santi, yes, those are simply one of the signs in plaza de isabel ii and plaza de oriente.


22 - Ayala, yep, that is the top of metropolis building on corner of gran via & c/ alcala (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/pastdesktops/desktops/md9_1024b.jpg).


23 - Ayala, yes, that is one of the 2 lions in front of the congress (full photo at http://www.multimadrid.com/pastdesktops/desktops/md7_1024d.jpg).


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so, anyone wanna take a stab at 3 and 4?

3 - hint: a religious building not far from the prado museum. one of the most beautiful yet unknown of madrid.


4 - hint: it is very close to the plaza mayor and used to be a jail.


saludos,
jer...

Excuse me, but a bit ticked off that we were not given a few days to join in this "quiz". Hummmph......I´m sure I could have won

madsue, i have not given anything away, just told those who guessed if they were right or not.

you still can win, just give me numbers 3 and 4.

not so big talkin now eh?

saludos,
jer...

3 is the Iglesia (Monasterio?) de Los Jerónimos, and 4 is the Palacio de Santa Cruz, sí? The tower in 4 threw me at first.

And I was beginning to suspect that 10 might be somewhere near Sol.

--
Stephen

I knew those (liar, liar, pants on fire )

4 -

   it is very close to the plaza mayor and used to be a jail.

I know exactly where this building is.
It has an angel on the top of the building
and in the past when it still was a jail, the Madrid's mothers use to warn their children to behave - if not they'll be put under the angel..
but I can't remember what it's now.
Nava

hey.

Stephen got the last 2 right.

Nava, the "jail" is now housing the "ministerio de asuntos exteriores" (foreign affairs ministry) last i knew.

saludos,
jer...

Too bad I just found this website since I woulda gotten them all right the first try