[Chatter] What Portal do you feel best represents your town/country?

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    1. Astana, Kazakhstan
    2. Арка Скорби, https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.078357,70.971938&z=17&pll=51.078357,70.971938
    3. 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.
    1. St.Andrews Aruthunkal Basilica
    2. https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=9.661159,76.299931&z=15&pll=9.661159,76.299931
    3. 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.


  • 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.



    1. Kondinin Western Australia

    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




  • 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.

  • SyksyinenSyksyinen ✭✭
    edited November 2021

    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):


    Post edited by Syksyinen on
  • heinz0900heinz0900 ✭✭
    edited November 2021

    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.

  • isorhizaisorhiza ✭✭✭
    edited November 2021
    1. Tsukuba/Japan
    2. つくばEXPO実物大H-Ⅱロケット https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=36.086231,140.11117&z=17&pll=36.086231,140.11117
    3. 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.

    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. São Bento do Sul / Brasil
    2. Coreto São Bento do Sul https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-26.247934,-49.381331&z=20&pll=-26.247943,-49.381539
    3. 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.
  • MatrixRootMatrixRoot ✭✭
    edited November 2021
    1. Uppsala (Sweden)
    2. Build 1435, Largest in the Nordic countries: 118.7 meters
    3. Name: Domkykan
    4. https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=59.858518,17.633277&z=18&pll=59.858098,17.63256
  • 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.

  • RobberySl8terRobberySl8ter ✭✭
    edited November 2021
    1. Cape Town, South Africa
    2. Table Mountain Photo Frame. Big Bay https://intel.ingress.com/intel?pll=-33.791828,18.456747&z=18
    3. There is no better way to showcase the City of Cape Town better than with a photo taken through a large photo frame of the iconic Table Mountain.
  • YellowLightningYellowLightning ✭✭✭
    edited November 2021

    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.

  • DerNarfDerNarf ✭✭✭
    edited November 2021
    1. Bebra, Germany
    2. Wasserturm - https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=50.964671,9.803227
    3. 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.

    Telegram: @DerNarf


  • 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.

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