Actually, Kazakhstan is famous for Borat, but we don't have any portal representing him (sounds like a good idea though). Also we have a lot of beautiful scenery, e.g. Burabay, Balkhash. But I would like to post about the dark side of our history. Large territories of Kazakhstan were widely used as concentration camps during Soviet period, and one particular camp stands out - А.Л.Ж.И.Р (sounds the same as the country in Africa - Algeria (alzhir)). Derived as Aqmol Camp for wives of motherland traitors (Акмолинский Лагерь Жён Изменников Родины). During Soviet times women, whose husbands were though as "betrayers", or simply not compatible with the Soviet regime, from all over the USSR were sent to this camp, no matter if they had children of were pregnant. Considering harsh weather conditions in this region sending women here was the same as a **** penalty - cruel winds during winter, temperatures as low as -40 Celsius, hot dry summer. Now there's a museum with installations in memory of the camp's victims, And the list of names on the memorial plates can be terrifying - these plates are 20-25 meters long, and 2 meters tall. And names are written in small-sized font.
This is an iconic work of art from an up and coming local artist in Saarijärvi. It is loved by everyone in Central-Finland. Every time an agent from outside of Saarijärvi visits Saarijärvi, a beacon is deployed to The pokeball stone. It resides right in the center of the city of Saarijärvi by a parking lot next to a market square. I feel it represents the strong bonds, integrity and co-operation that both Pokemon Go and Ingress Prime players in Saarijärvi share. It has the spirit of Saarijärvi.
The largest shrine of St Sebastian in the world, the church known as Arthunkal St. Andrew's Basilica and St. Sebastian's International Shrine in Arthunkal, Cherthala, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India, was constructed by waning just Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. The grand annual feast of St Sebastian Arthunkal in January, which lasts for a month accompanied by millions of pilgrims is one of the important celebrations and major attractions in India.The feast of shrine Basilica also known as makaram perunnal. The church was rebuilt in 1584 under the vicar Jacomo Fenicio, an Italian Jesuit whose devotees claim to possess powers to heal the body and mind. Devotees fondly referred to him as "Arthunkal Veluthachan", "fair skinned father". Fenicio died in 1632. Eight years after his ****, the church was rebuilt again, this time reoriented to face west towards the long white-sand beach on the shores of the Arabian Sea. In 1647, a statue of St. Sebastian, struck with arrows all over his bleeding body (he was executed on the order of the Roman emperor Diocletian for embracing the Christian faith) sculptured in Milan, was brought and placed in the Arthunkal church.
The hare and the hedgehog ( Hase und Igel ) is an old story written down by Brothers Grimm, Playing in the real existing German City called Buxtehude. The Town is full of this figures and Portals of historic persons.
3. The English Market in Cork is well known for being the place to visit for premium food produce in Ireland. It was established in 1788 and continue to serve patrons across the region.
This is a scyscraper in my town designed by famous Santiago Calatrava its 190meters tall with 54 floors making it the third highest residental building in Europe, It has a unique design that stands out from most building with its twisted design hence the name "Turning Torso". Its the first thing you see when you come to this town from the trainstation in distance, i think it looks cool :)
3) “Il Cavatore” (the man who digs the rock) is the symbol of Catanzaro, the man who works with difficulty and relentlessly, who constantly struggles to survive in a land torn apart by environmental disasters (mainly earthquakes and floods) of a capricious and severe nature that has always put all Calabrians to the test.
The sculptor is Giuseppe Rito, a self-taught artist who created important sculptures such as the bronze group of “Le due dee ultime Giustizia e Libertà” (“The two goddesses the last Justice and Freedom”) which guard the staircase of honor of the Palace of Justice in Catanzaro.
Made in the second half of the 20th century, “Il Cavatore” is a bronze sculpture on a granite base, positioned in a neoclassical brick niche which is part of the Monumental Complex of San Giovanni (an ancient Norman Castle) in Piazza Matteotti. The complex dominates the entire square with the chromatic contrast that arises between the bronze of the statue and the gray granite of the bas-relief cradled by the waters that gush from the fountain.
3. This POI is my childhood. My aunt owned one of the Farms near the Cross and I was every weekend there. It was a other time, n Smartphones, lesser Facebook.
3) Constitution Square is the nerve center of the Old Town and certainly deserves to be visited. It is the main square of the entire city, home to the great celebrations of the city, such as the raising of the flag on January 20 in the tamborrada, the big day of the city, or the celebration of St. Thomas Day where chistorra stalls are put in various parts of the city, this square being the most popular.
The construction of the Plaza de la Constitución, or Plaza de la Consti as it is known to all San Sebastianers, dates from 1817 by the architect Ugartemendia, one of the people who participated most in the reconstruction of San Sebastián after the devastating fire of 1813.
As soon as you enter the square, the numbers on each of the windows of the houses facing the square stand out. These numbers refer to the boxes that were once those windows and that overlooked the bullring of the city into which this square had become. After the construction of another larger bullring in the city, the constitution square ceased to be a bullring but the numbers continue to remain in each of the windows to remember that anecdote.
Today in the square we can enter some shops and some bars with their terraces over the square, an ideal place to have a wine quietly, away from the crowds that usually form within some of the busiest bars in the rest of the Old Town of Donostiarra. From here it can be a good place to start our visit to San Sebastián and spatially to its old part wandering through its nearby streets.
3. The Turku Cathedral (Åbo domkyrka in Swedish; Turun tuomiokirkko in Finnish) is the Mother Church of the Lutheran Church of Finland. It is a central hub in the city of Turku (Turku being the Swedish-era ex-capital and notable city in Finland with a rich Ingress playerbase also). The church itself is a popular tourist attraction, as well as serves for church service purposes (I was baptized there as a baby, my parents and later sister got married there, many other examples for locals). There are numerous pieces of art and historical objects inside, organized guided tours, as well as people have traditions regarding the location (for example attending the Christmas church mass, even if they are not religious). Ingress-wise the location is surrounded by numerous historical landmark-portals, missions, et cetera. It is widely considered to be of architectural importance as well as to be an important, if not the single most important, religious building in Finland. Records indicate it first being built in the 13th century - pretty much as far as recorded history in Finland goes. It was badly damaged in the Great Fire of Turku in 1827 and rebuilt there-after. Most tourist buses stop here, and the local public transportation cover it well due to its central location next to the Aura river and the city market square. The building has lighting during night, and its bell tolls informatively but loudly announcing every quarter of an hour; once for quarter past, twice for half past, thrice for quarter to, and the exact number of hours upon full hours - so it can not only be seen, but also heard.
This is a picture of it from a nearby hill I took two days ago as I was doing a late evening mission banner in Ingress and shared it on Instagram, just because it was a pretty full moon and the lighting was awesome (too bad my mobile phone camera is cr*p):
3. Chemnitz is former known as "Karl-Marx-Stadt" in the GDR. This monument is the generel answer if you ask any relative for the main sight in our town. Fact!
When you arrive at the station of Tsukuba Center, you will definitely be impressed by the view of this full-scale model of a H-II rocket which is exhibited in the central park of the town. There is no space port here, but the headquarter of JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is located in this town. They send out satellites and space vehicles, for example Hayabusa, Kounotori, Shikisai to the outer space. Tsukuba was developed as a research center of Japan since 1960s and there are number of research institutes here. JAXA is one of such institutes. The full-scale model of H-II rocket is the symbol of this city of science.
I cannot post image. I posted the image on Twitter.
2- Obelisco de Las Piedras - https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-34.725179,-56.200248&z=18&pll=-34.725765,-56.201891
3- I chose this portal, since it is a very representative historical monument for the city and the country, it deals with the commemoration of the first battle that the Orientals win before the Spanish, where the independence of Uruguay begins.
Located in the Central Square of the City. Every year in the summer there is a Retreta, with artistic presentations. Good for a walk and meeting friends.
Lund is — above all other things — a University Town. While formerly an Episcopal See, today Lund is entirely dominated by Lund University, established in 1666. The main building of the university is — besides gorgeous, and an obvious representation of the university — also located in the lovely park Lundagård, from which a visitor has a less-than-five minutes walk to other spots such as: Lund Cathedral (consecrated in the year 1123), Kulturen ("The Culture", no reference to Iain M. Banks unfortunately) open air museum, the train station (10 minutes to Malmö, about ½ an hour to Copenhagen International Airport, 1 hour to central Copenhagen), and — of course — all the little pubs, cafes and restaurants of Lund. Also within Lundagård itself is a tight-packed clusters of portals, as well as several more of those within easy walking. So if the daring visitor feels like recursing, they will be back up to level 8 within a couple of hours.
Lund University Main Building on the left. Picture credit: my own.
Stadtmusikanten are the first thing that comes to everyone's mind when we speak about Bremen. They are marked down and very well known historically and culturally all over Germany.
The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a popular German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimms' fairy tales in 1819 (KHM 27). It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house.
The famous statue present right in the middle of the city consists of the four animals stacked on one another, namely, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster. Many people touch the feet of the donkey as a sign of hope to bring good luck. There is also a wonderful ingress banner that takes you through the main parts of the city.
3. Spanish style train depot built in 1925 sits on top of the first bench in Boise. It faces the Idaho State Capitol Building on the opposite end of Capitol Blvd. While it is no longer a passenger depot the building is a must stop to check out the view of the whole city from the gardens out front. It is a popular venue for weddings and other events for locals. Being able to go up in the belltower is also a treat.
In 1813 Leipzig was the scene of a huge battle in which the European states fought against Napoleon's Grand Army and finally ended his rule over Europe. In order to survive in this battle, the numerous small states in the German territory allied themselves, which led to a confederation of states after the battle. The borders of the associated states can still be recognized today in the national borders of Germany. The Civil Code, which still exists today in a more modern form, and the feeling of belonging to a nation were the achievements of this battle and the conquest by the French army.
This monument commemorates the battle of that time and its many casualties. It was inaugurated 100 years later in 1913 and largely financed by donations from the population of the city of Leipzig.
The water tower is the landmark of the railroad town Bebra.From the time of steam locomotives, this water tower stands as a landmark with a museum of railroad history to Bebra inside. Outside, fun rides can be made with a small railroad track. (*On April 1, 1867, Prussia took over the expansion of the railroad network and operations, in particular the western connection via Bebra, from the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Nordbahn-Gesellschaft using the possibilities of the Prussian Railway Act (prEG) and transferred the railroad operations to the Prussian State Railways, which thus gained responsibility for the Bebra station. For the increasing railroad operation with steam locomotives, a service water supply had to be established by the railroad at Bebra station as well.) *Source, Wikipedia
Since the start of the pandemic, we from the ENL and RES have held an IFS every month and want to continue to do so, if possible, until the end of this pandemic. We would like to thank the average 50+ participants of the IFS, it is a welcome change every month.
Himeji Castle is a building that symbolizes Himeji City. The current castle tower was built between 1600 and 1609 by the Tokugawa family to compete with the Toyotomi family. Located in the center of the city. Also, when you get off at Himeji Station, you can see it in front of you. The brave Himeji Castle is the pride of Himeji citizens.
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The hare and the hedgehog ( Hase und Igel ) is an old story written down by Brothers Grimm, Playing in the real existing German City called Buxtehude. The Town is full of this figures and Portals of historic persons.
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=53.475151,9.697394&z=18&pll=53.475537,9.698378
1. Cork, Ireland
2. http://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.89765,-8.474978&z=17&pll=51.89765,-8.474978
3. The English Market in Cork is well known for being the place to visit for premium food produce in Ireland. It was established in 1788 and continue to serve patrons across the region.
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Torso
2. https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-32.560854,118.319989&z=17&pll=-32.560854,118.319989
3.Light Horse Memorial - Yeerakine Rock, Western Australia - World War I Memorial
1) Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
2) Il Cavatore - https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=38.909621,16.587993
3) “Il Cavatore” (the man who digs the rock) is the symbol of Catanzaro, the man who works with difficulty and relentlessly, who constantly struggles to survive in a land torn apart by environmental disasters (mainly earthquakes and floods) of a capricious and severe nature that has always put all Calabrians to the test.
The sculptor is Giuseppe Rito, a self-taught artist who created important sculptures such as the bronze group of “Le due dee ultime Giustizia e Libertà” (“The two goddesses the last Justice and Freedom”) which guard the staircase of honor of the Palace of Justice in Catanzaro.
Made in the second half of the 20th century, “Il Cavatore” is a bronze sculpture on a granite base, positioned in a neoclassical brick niche which is part of the Monumental Complex of San Giovanni (an ancient Norman Castle) in Piazza Matteotti. The complex dominates the entire square with the chromatic contrast that arises between the bronze of the statue and the gray granite of the bas-relief cradled by the waters that gush from the fountain.
City: Setúbal
Country: Portugal
This Portal is a reference of the most important Poet of this City and one of Portugal
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=38.524304,-8.892613&z=19&pll=38.524304,-8.892613
1. Passau/Germany
2. https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=48.597545,13.446943&z=15&pll=48.597545,13.446943
3. This POI is my childhood. My aunt owned one of the Farms near the Cross and I was every weekend there. It was a other time, n Smartphones, lesser Facebook.
1) Donostia - SAN Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain.
2) Plaza de la Constitución, https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=43.323539,-1.984856&z=17&pll=43.323539,-1.984856
3) Constitution Square is the nerve center of the Old Town and certainly deserves to be visited. It is the main square of the entire city, home to the great celebrations of the city, such as the raising of the flag on January 20 in the tamborrada, the big day of the city, or the celebration of St. Thomas Day where chistorra stalls are put in various parts of the city, this square being the most popular.
The construction of the Plaza de la Constitución, or Plaza de la Consti as it is known to all San Sebastianers, dates from 1817 by the architect Ugartemendia, one of the people who participated most in the reconstruction of San Sebastián after the devastating fire of 1813.
As soon as you enter the square, the numbers on each of the windows of the houses facing the square stand out. These numbers refer to the boxes that were once those windows and that overlooked the bullring of the city into which this square had become. After the construction of another larger bullring in the city, the constitution square ceased to be a bullring but the numbers continue to remain in each of the windows to remember that anecdote.
Today in the square we can enter some shops and some bars with their terraces over the square, an ideal place to have a wine quietly, away from the crowds that usually form within some of the busiest bars in the rest of the Old Town of Donostiarra. From here it can be a good place to start our visit to San Sebastián and spatially to its old part wandering through its nearby streets.
1. Turku, Finland (South-West Finland, intended to best represent the city of Turku)
2. Turun tuomiokirkko, https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=60.452033,22.278653&z=18&pll=60.452426,22.277673
3. The Turku Cathedral (Åbo domkyrka in Swedish; Turun tuomiokirkko in Finnish) is the Mother Church of the Lutheran Church of Finland. It is a central hub in the city of Turku (Turku being the Swedish-era ex-capital and notable city in Finland with a rich Ingress playerbase also). The church itself is a popular tourist attraction, as well as serves for church service purposes (I was baptized there as a baby, my parents and later sister got married there, many other examples for locals). There are numerous pieces of art and historical objects inside, organized guided tours, as well as people have traditions regarding the location (for example attending the Christmas church mass, even if they are not religious). Ingress-wise the location is surrounded by numerous historical landmark-portals, missions, et cetera. It is widely considered to be of architectural importance as well as to be an important, if not the single most important, religious building in Finland. Records indicate it first being built in the 13th century - pretty much as far as recorded history in Finland goes. It was badly damaged in the Great Fire of Turku in 1827 and rebuilt there-after. Most tourist buses stop here, and the local public transportation cover it well due to its central location next to the Aura river and the city market square. The building has lighting during night, and its bell tolls informatively but loudly announcing every quarter of an hour; once for quarter past, twice for half past, thrice for quarter to, and the exact number of hours upon full hours - so it can not only be seen, but also heard.
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turku_Cathedral
This is the current official portal photo:
This is a picture of it from a nearby hill I took two days ago as I was doing a late evening mission banner in Ingress and shared it on Instagram, just because it was a pretty full moon and the lighting was awesome (too bad my mobile phone camera is cr*p):
1. Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
2. Karl-Marx-Monument
3. Chemnitz is former known as "Karl-Marx-Stadt" in the GDR. This monument is the generel answer if you ask any relative for the main sight in our town. Fact!
1. Elkridge, MD, US
2. https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=39.194134,-76.778782&z=15&pll=39.194134,-76.778782 St. Stephens AME Church
3. I can walk to it easily and it is a huge anchor.
I cannot post image. I posted the image on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/isorhiza1/status/1463115590126555141?s=20
Neues Rathaus Hannover / New Town Hall Hannover
Nice view over Hannover from the top of the townhall with a unique curved dome elevator with glass floor and roof.
https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=52.367024225082346,9.73725614547675&z=18
1- Las Piedras, Uruguay
2- Obelisco de Las Piedras - https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-34.725179,-56.200248&z=18&pll=-34.725765,-56.201891
3- I chose this portal, since it is a very representative historical monument for the city and the country, it deals with the commemoration of the first battle that the Orientals win before the Spanish, where the independence of Uruguay begins.
Lund University Main Building on the left. Picture credit: my own.
The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a popular German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimms' fairy tales in 1819 (KHM 27). It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house.
The famous statue present right in the middle of the city consists of the four animals stacked on one another, namely, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster. Many people touch the feet of the donkey as a sign of hope to bring good luck. There is also a wonderful ingress banner that takes you through the main parts of the city.
1. Ashiya City Hyogo Japan
2. Balcony step-through. Yamamura https://www.ingress.com/intel?pll=34.739724,135.299919&z=15
3. Balcony of the Yamamura Residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
A panoramic view of the ocean and river with the mountains in the background.
This is a famous landmark in Ashiya, a city of modernism and architecture.
1:日本 東京(Tokyo Japan)
2:https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=35.624425,139.775507&z=16&pll=35.624425,139.775507
3:実物大ユニコーンガンダム像です。
日本のアニメカルチャーの代表作「ガンダム」に登場するモビルスーツ「ユニコーンガンダム」の実物大立像になります。
先日の東京オリンピック2020にて競技中にこのユニコーンガンダムが映ったことでも有名になりました。
この場所には昔は「ガンダム」が建っていたのですが今はこのユニコーンガンダムが建っています。
全世界でも知らない人は少ないんじゃないかっていうぐらい有名な作品「ガンダム」。アニメの世界から飛び出してきた実物大のモビルスーツに是非逢いに来てください。
1. Boise, Idaho USA
2. Boise Union Pacific Depot https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=43.602176,-116.214648&z=18&pll=43.602176,-116.214648
3. Spanish style train depot built in 1925 sits on top of the first bench in Boise. It faces the Idaho State Capitol Building on the opposite end of Capitol Blvd. While it is no longer a passenger depot the building is a must stop to check out the view of the whole city from the gardens out front. It is a popular venue for weddings and other events for locals. Being able to go up in the belltower is also a treat.
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Monument of the Battle of the Nations (https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=51.313763,12.41057&z=17&pll=51.313763,12.41057)
In 1813 Leipzig was the scene of a huge battle in which the European states fought against Napoleon's Grand Army and finally ended his rule over Europe. In order to survive in this battle, the numerous small states in the German territory allied themselves, which led to a confederation of states after the battle. The borders of the associated states can still be recognized today in the national borders of Germany. The Civil Code, which still exists today in a more modern form, and the feeling of belonging to a nation were the achievements of this battle and the conquest by the French army.
This monument commemorates the battle of that time and its many casualties. It was inaugurated 100 years later in 1913 and largely financed by donations from the population of the city of Leipzig.
Since the start of the pandemic, we from the ENL and RES have held an IFS every month and want to continue to do so, if possible, until the end of this pandemic. We would like to thank the average 50+ participants of the IFS, it is a welcome change every month.
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姫路城 (Himeji Castle)
Himeji Castle is a building that symbolizes Himeji City. The current castle tower was built between 1600 and 1609 by the Tokugawa family to compete with the Toyotomi family. Located in the center of the city. Also, when you get off at Himeji Station, you can see it in front of you. The brave Himeji Castle is the pride of Himeji citizens.
Nara Japan
Portal name:奈良国立博物館(Nara National Museum)
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=34.683062,135.837519&z=17&pll=34.683062,135.837519
The Nara National Museum is located in Nara Park.
My recommendation is the entire Nara Park, including the Nara National Museum.
Nara Park is famous for its wild deer, which can be seen and touched.
The deer are considered to be messengers of the gods and are highly valued.
Children in the prefecture visit this park at least once during their elementary school years for a field trip.
About one in every class gets their lunch eaten by a deer.
Fortunately, my lunch was safe.
If you are visiting Nara Park, please do not carry your food in such a way that the deer can see it.
If you are driving through the area, please watch out for deer crossing the pedestrian walkway along with pedestrians.
You will also see unique signs that say "Deer Beware.
Nara was the capital of Japan about 1,300 years ago,
and there are many old temples and shrines that have been around since then.
Right in front of the Nara National Museum is the Himuro Shrine, where the Persepolis Shard occurred.
I also have good memories of our team meeting in front of the Nara National Museum at that time.
The Kasuga Taisha Shrine, where a fragment of the tessellation was found, is also close by.
This place is also closely related to Ingress.