The Obelisco de Buenos Aires is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República, it was erected in 1936. Nov 7, 2019 was the portal of the Tessellation here in Buenos Aires and we arrived to hack the portal with @marian522 and get the media to win points to the Resistance.
Neighborhood portal
Villa Crespo neighborhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Osvaldo Pugliese was an Argentine tango musician, also known as tango patron saint of the argentine musicians, not only repel the bad luck on musicians, but it has sown an immortal seed in Argentine culture. He was and continues to be one of the greatest references of tango.
I didn't grow up here, but Topeka natives can all tell you about the 1966 tornado that cut a destructive swath through the capital city, even if it happened long before they were born. The tornado went over this ridge southwest of the city before unleashing hell on homes, businesses, Washburn University, and even the state capitol dome. Nowadays, you can ascend "the mound" and get a great view of the city and see that the wound from the storm has physically healed, if not emotionally.
This stone structure stands in the middle of a huge square bordered by centuries-old buildings that represent the dream the city builders had when they created this city from scratch. If you stand by this stone clock and look around you you'll see history staring back down at you, truly humbling and awe-inspiring experience. An absolute must-do if you come to Casablanca.
A rather ugly, squat building on a side road, with boarded up windows and no roof. It looks as though it should have been pulled down long ago. It turns out, though, to be the most historically important building in the area.
After living in the area for 15 years or so, I developed an interest in local history (thanks in no small part to Ingress). I learnt that this was a grade 1 listed building, built in the mid 18th century as a permanent place of worship for followers of the newly-emerged Methodist sect. I submitted it as a portal (with a good write-up) and it was accepted.
It's currently being restored. I look forward to seeing it when it's done. I plan to take a photo of the restored building to use for a mission banner.
Permanent art installations with a height of 20 m, different streets artists (under curatorship of Arne Quinze) every year, landmark in a rural area, also gathering place for a nice picknick or restplace during your hike. It's situated on the festival grounds of the famous Rock Werchter festival and also during the festival it's a place for gathering. Outside the festival period it's free accesible. So this is something in my neighbourhood i would recommend you to visit. http://northwestwalls.be/history/
What do we get for this information, can we, contributors get a passcode?😛
WHY you feel this Portal best represents your town or country: The portal is situated in the town I grew up in. The portal I linked to is a portal link to the local church. Every year the people in the whole province celebrate Carnival. In this town, Carnival is called Vastenavond. In honor of these festivities, the tower of the church is dressed up like a man and on Monday afternoon it is Children's Vastenavond. On this afternoon he can even speak and tells tales to the local children.
Margao Municipal Council - https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.27212,73.958197&z=18&pll=15.27212,73.958197
This one's in my home town where I grew up.
MMC as we know it, was the main administration building since the Portuguese era Goa. The MMC is right there in the center of the town. To its north are the MMC gardens which tell a story of some important people in the history of this town. A little further north, is the main post office which itself is pretty old. Around the MMC you can find local bike taxis known as 'pilots', restaurants that are known for the best local food, the church, the market, the old 'communidade' building, the bus stop and more. The MMC area is where people from the nearby villages come to through the week. It also used to be the main place where tha annual carnival parade would pass through for 'King Momo's' inspection.
had a hard think and I think St Machar’s Cathedral is very historically important to the city, extremely beautiful and attracts a lot of visitors.
According to legend, St Machar founded a site of worship in Old Aberdeen in about 580 where the Cathedral sits today, has been rebuilt and renovated several times through the years and is looked after to this day (the roof actually just got finished, massive repairs that took a couple of years), and they’re extremely proud of the Cathedral and its history. There’s a couple of interesting features I’ll mention:
The heraldic ceiling within St Machar’s cathedral was built in 1520 from oak panelling and features 48 heraldic shields and coats of arms. The shield of Pope Leo X is in the centre surrounded by archbishops and bishops in order of importance. Some of these shields are Earls from all around Scotland, Saint Margaret of Scotland, James V of Scotland, Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis I of France, King Charles V of Spain, Henry VIII of England, Sigismund I of Poland, Christian II of Denmark and more.
There is also the Class II Pictish Cross Slab, aged around 600-843CE, likely closer to the 600’s as that would be around when the Cathedral was first built!
And finally, apparently part of William Wallace is buried within the grounds after he was executed in England and quartered, where his left quarter ended up in Aberdeen and is buried in the walls of the cathedral and is marked by a star on the wall.
Lots of history in one small place, from Pictish, to Scottish Wars of Independence, the Scottish Reformation, ancient carved wood, elaborate effigies, historically important individuals buried within the grounds, and is just utterly gorgeous. Especially in the spring when there’s loads of bluebell.
3. While Pensacola is famous for its sugar white-sand beaches, historic city center, and the home of the US Navy's Blue Angels, IMO nothing is more uniquely Pensacola than the Graffiti Bridge. It's actually an old railroad trestle heading into the downtown area, that at a clearance of 10 feet, has decapitated a number of U-haul trucks. But the embankments to the bridge are constantly being updated by local artists to remember significant events or memorials, or simply to make a passerby smile. We go pink for October, red for February, and star-spangled for July. Also in 2020 it was the site for peaceful BLM gatherings, and hosts many annual events, such as Transgender Day of Rememberance.
3. Uruapan is my hometown, I lived there the best 16 years of my life. This particular park is very dear to me, I used to live close by growing up, and I'd visit the park often. Whenever I wanted to jog, swim or just enjoy nature this was the spot.
3. The Fonte do Ribeirão is a valuable example of colonial-era architecture, built in 1796, during the mandate of the governor of Maranhão, Fernando António Soares de Noronha, with the aim of improving the distribution of water in the city. There is a Ludovician legend that says that inside the fountain there is a snake that will destroy São Luís on the day the head meets the tail. Fonte do Ribeirão is located between Afogados and Barrocas streets. Since 1950 it has been listed by IPHAN - National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute.
3. GDC Statue, which is located in Grand Depok City, Urban People's Dream in the midst of the hectic development. That is a unique statue and gives an aesthetic impression.
That's awesome! That must be a good sign I think...
The Turku Ingress community would be extremely happy to welcome you here again, this time as an agent/ambassador/Niantic-admin/etc :) fingers crossed this blasted corona situation resolves quickly.
3. Built in 1963, with the features of the Brazilian country people, punished by the sun and drought, the Christ sculpted by Mário Cravo in fiberglass, placed on a reinforced concrete structure, is 17 meters tall, being considered the largest Crucified Christ in the world.
3. In our city, there are a tremendous number of Jizo. This Jizo looks like a very common one, but it is located in the center of the former site of Emperor's palace when the capital was first built on this land in 794 AD.
Praça da Fruta (English translation is "Fruit Square") is the area of an iconic open-air market of fruit and vegetables that takes place in the town center on a daily basis since the end of the 15th century. I came to live in this region of the country 5 years ago for professional reasons and this was the place that at the time struck me the most for good reasons... I had seen local markets before in my life but this one belonged (and still does) to a league of its own. The variety and quality of fresh local products is undeniable and everything is so amazingly cheap when compared to retailers in larger metropolis (where else do you find olives being sold for € 2.5/kg 🤯).
The market is open between 8:00 AM and 15:50 PM and I still think it is incredible to see local producers assemble and disassemble their booths every day. The demand in this 50,000 habitant city never stops and Praça da Fruta is indeed the heartbeat of local trade in the region.
Additionally, Praça da Fruta is also a meeting point where people gather every Wednesday Night to run or walk half a dozen miles around town (there are 2 groups for different paces).
The fruit market and the running group were interrupted for many months due to covid-19, but are back on track now. Needless to say that when I returned to the running group, after the covid interruption, I had my stern handed to me by the other runners as I was out of shape because I am lazy and I wasn't able to train on my own in the meantime 🙈
In this city you can directly appreciate the best of Afro-Peruvian culture. Chincha is synonymous with celebration and hubbub and an enclave of Afro-Peruvian culture. Its inhabitants, with a cheerful and hospitable spirit, have known how to preserve the traditions and customs of past generations and spread their music and dances over the course of several centuries. The portal is a statue of the traditional dance that highlights the identification of the ethnic roots of the former African slaves who settled in the city of Chincha.
Palazzo Aragonese or "Compagna" is a significant monument of Palma Campania. It was built for Alfonso I of Aragon at the end of the XV century as a palace of delight and hunting lodge, and expanded in the XVII and XVIII centuries. The mansion owes its name to its last owners: the Compagna family. From the outside, the building is elegant, with splendid windows with "piperno" frames (soft, lava stone). On the first floor there are alternating windows and balconies, and on the upper floor there are round arched windows. Access to the entrance door, on which stands the marble coat of arms of the Caracciolo family, who owned the building, is preceded by a double ramp in limestone.
3. Lagos is a beach town and a city of navigators. This statue of Saint Goncalo (Gundisalvus, 1360-1422), protector of mariners, is strategically located by the beach at the harbor entrance, where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. Beatified in 1778 by Pope Pius VI, he is the city patron, and blesses all seagoing vessels. This location is visited by all tourists, to see the beach and the view over the Lagos bay.
This observatorium is placed on one of the hills in our city, it also hosts the forester association that takes care of the amazing nature in this area.
I was in doubt with choosing a portal that reflected the founding of our city in the steam weaving period, however, this is more connected to the here on and now of the nature of this area.
3- This portal is the best portal to represent my town because Entroncamento is known as the City of Trains. All trains to all parts of the country pass here. Hence the name Entroncamento, the meeting point of all train lines. This museum is unique, there is no other like it. The National Railway Museum is a museum with a national dimension, whose collection can be visited in different parts of the country. The National Railway Museum, located near the Entroncamento Railway Station, was inaugurated on May 18, 2015.
On the initiative of Armando Ginestal Machado, in the late 70s of the 20th century, various vehicles and objects are kept in old locomotive stalls and railway warehouses. Several of these places were adapted, becoming visitable. The objects shown here are, for the most part, representative of the communities they served and are linked to the railways and their infrastructure, enlivening the memory and identity, individual and collective, of each Region. The Museu Nacional Ferroviário Foundation is heir to these various locations, through its Statutes, having signed Shared Management Protocols with various Municipalities, which assume the operational management. It is now important to evolve towards new approaches, which necessarily include new management models.
Cabo de São Vicente is the most south-westerly point of mainland Europe and until the 14th century, people believed that it was the end of the world. This is also where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet. Here starts the GR11 E-9, one of the largest pedestrian routes of all Europe, ending in Saint Petersburgh, Russia. A must see if you ever visit Portugal.
This is not the most famous spot or sculpture in the city but it capture the very soul of the city and its inhabitats, as the citizen in Umeå have a long tradition to rise up against all kinds of oppression and to make their voice heard. "Listen" ( or The MeToo-puma as people often cal it) by Camilla Akraka from 2019 is the worlds first Metoo-monument and is dedicated to those who together broke the silence in connection with the metoo movement. The monument is located at the main squere in the center of the city.
By some reason I don't know I'm not able to upload any photo!
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https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=57.71699,12.944554&z=19&pll=57.717216,12.944478
Country portal
Neighborhood portal
Now I'm hungry for Braunschweiger.
For Topeka, KS, I'd have to suggest the one natural landmark other than the Kansas River:
Burnett's Mound (https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=39.009329,-95.736983&z=15&pll=39.009329,-95.736983) (Intel)
I didn't grow up here, but Topeka natives can all tell you about the 1966 tornado that cut a destructive swath through the capital city, even if it happened long before they were born. The tornado went over this ridge southwest of the city before unleashing hell on homes, businesses, Washburn University, and even the state capitol dome. Nowadays, you can ascend "the mound" and get a great view of the city and see that the wound from the storm has physically healed, if not emotionally.
A great many Canadians might agree with me:
but the site of the first Tim Horton's franchise in Hamilton, Ontario hosts a museum
No pics from me, but a google maps Streetview link:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2448043,-79.8187707,3a,57.3y,242.86h,95.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sO02ZXFfYFxIRpzhWmuS44Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
edit: tried posting a picture, unsuccessfully.
Whitfield's Tabernacle, Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, UK
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=51.463227,-2.498986&z=16&pll=51.462978,-2.506007
A rather ugly, squat building on a side road, with boarded up windows and no roof. It looks as though it should have been pulled down long ago. It turns out, though, to be the most historically important building in the area.
After living in the area for 15 years or so, I developed an interest in local history (thanks in no small part to Ingress). I learnt that this was a grade 1 listed building, built in the mid 18th century as a permanent place of worship for followers of the newly-emerged Methodist sect. I submitted it as a portal (with a good write-up) and it was accepted.
It's currently being restored. I look forward to seeing it when it's done. I plan to take a photo of the restored building to use for a mission banner.
What do we get for this information, can we, contributors get a passcode?😛
I HAVE BEEN HERE! (Pre-Ingress though... guess I need to come back!)
Kaixo!!!!
I was going to pick the Anoeta, but I love your suggestion better!
Glad to see Euskal Herria (and Donostia specifically - Gora Erreala!) represented here. 💚❤️
Margao (Madgaon) / South Goa / Goa / India
Margao Municipal Council - https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.27212,73.958197&z=18&pll=15.27212,73.958197
This one's in my home town where I grew up.
MMC as we know it, was the main administration building since the Portuguese era Goa. The MMC is right there in the center of the town. To its north are the MMC gardens which tell a story of some important people in the history of this town. A little further north, is the main post office which itself is pretty old. Around the MMC you can find local bike taxis known as 'pilots', restaurants that are known for the best local food, the church, the market, the old 'communidade' building, the bus stop and more. The MMC area is where people from the nearby villages come to through the week. It also used to be the main place where tha annual carnival parade would pass through for 'King Momo's' inspection.
A lot has changed since.
St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, Scotland
had a hard think and I think St Machar’s Cathedral is very historically important to the city, extremely beautiful and attracts a lot of visitors.
According to legend, St Machar founded a site of worship in Old Aberdeen in about 580 where the Cathedral sits today, has been rebuilt and renovated several times through the years and is looked after to this day (the roof actually just got finished, massive repairs that took a couple of years), and they’re extremely proud of the Cathedral and its history. There’s a couple of interesting features I’ll mention:
The heraldic ceiling within St Machar’s cathedral was built in 1520 from oak panelling and features 48 heraldic shields and coats of arms. The shield of Pope Leo X is in the centre surrounded by archbishops and bishops in order of importance. Some of these shields are Earls from all around Scotland, Saint Margaret of Scotland, James V of Scotland, Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis I of France, King Charles V of Spain, Henry VIII of England, Sigismund I of Poland, Christian II of Denmark and more.
There is also the Class II Pictish Cross Slab, aged around 600-843CE, likely closer to the 600’s as that would be around when the Cathedral was first built!
And finally, apparently part of William Wallace is buried within the grounds after he was executed in England and quartered, where his left quarter ended up in Aberdeen and is buried in the walls of the cathedral and is marked by a star on the wall.
Lots of history in one small place, from Pictish, to Scottish Wars of Independence, the Scottish Reformation, ancient carved wood, elaborate effigies, historically important individuals buried within the grounds, and is just utterly gorgeous. Especially in the spring when there’s loads of bluebell.
1. Pensacola, FL.
2. The Graffiti Bridge. https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=30.420349,-87.193773&z=18&pll=30.420349,-87.193773
3. While Pensacola is famous for its sugar white-sand beaches, historic city center, and the home of the US Navy's Blue Angels, IMO nothing is more uniquely Pensacola than the Graffiti Bridge. It's actually an old railroad trestle heading into the downtown area, that at a clearance of 10 feet, has decapitated a number of U-haul trucks. But the embankments to the bridge are constantly being updated by local artists to remember significant events or memorials, or simply to make a passerby smile. We go pink for October, red for February, and star-spangled for July. Also in 2020 it was the site for peaceful BLM gatherings, and hosts many annual events, such as Transgender Day of Rememberance.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pensacola-graffiti-bridge-17th-ave-railroad-trestle
1. Uruapan, Michoacán, México.
2. Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio
3. Uruapan is my hometown, I lived there the best 16 years of my life. This particular park is very dear to me, I used to live close by growing up, and I'd visit the park often. Whenever I wanted to jog, swim or just enjoy nature this was the spot.
The park is centered on a ravine formed by the emergence of the Cupatitzio River, whose name means “river that sings” in the indigenous Purépecha language. Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barranca_del_Cupatitzio_National_Park
By AlejandroLinaresGarcia - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39582973
1. São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
2. Source of Ribeirão.
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-2.528733,-44.30242&z=17&pll=-2.527971,-44.302079
3. The Fonte do Ribeirão is a valuable example of colonial-era architecture, built in 1796, during the mandate of the governor of Maranhão, Fernando António Soares de Noronha, with the aim of improving the distribution of water in the city. There is a Ludovician legend that says that inside the fountain there is a snake that will destroy São Luís on the day the head meets the tail. Fonte do Ribeirão is located between Afogados and Barrocas streets. Since 1950 it has been listed by IPHAN - National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute.
1. Depok (Grand Depok City), Jawa Barat, Indonesia
2.https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-6.439529,106.830544&z=17&pll=-6.439364,106.827293
3. GDC Statue, which is located in Grand Depok City, Urban People's Dream in the midst of the hectic development. That is a unique statue and gives an aesthetic impression.
That's awesome! That must be a good sign I think...
The Turku Ingress community would be extremely happy to welcome you here again, this time as an agent/ambassador/Niantic-admin/etc :) fingers crossed this blasted corona situation resolves quickly.
1. Cristo Redentor, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brasil
2. https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-14.836037,-40.828131&z=15&pll=-14.836037,-40.828131
3. Built in 1963, with the features of the Brazilian country people, punished by the sun and drought, the Christ sculpted by Mário Cravo in fiberglass, placed on a reinforced concrete structure, is 17 meters tall, being considered the largest Crucified Christ in the world.
1. Kyoto Japan
2. お地蔵様 at 下丸屋町
https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=35.020043,135.745239&z=18
3. In our city, there are a tremendous number of Jizo. This Jizo looks like a very common one, but it is located in the center of the former site of Emperor's palace when the capital was first built on this land in 794 AD.
The market is open between 8:00 AM and 15:50 PM and I still think it is incredible to see local producers assemble and disassemble their booths every day. The demand in this 50,000 habitant city never stops and Praça da Fruta is indeed the heartbeat of local trade in the region.
Additionally, Praça da Fruta is also a meeting point where people gather every Wednesday Night to run or walk half a dozen miles around town (there are 2 groups for different paces).
The fruit market and the running group were interrupted for many months due to covid-19, but are back on track now. Needless to say that when I returned to the running group, after the covid interruption, I had my stern handed to me by the other runners as I was out of shape because I am lazy and I wasn't able to train on my own in the meantime 🙈
If I had to pick one, it'd probably be this one:
1. Sapa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
2.Black big buddha
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=22.304428,103.775301&z=17&pll=22.304428,103.775301
22.304428,103.775301
3. The jet-black Amida Nyorai sitting statue, which has been certified as Guinness World Records as the tallest statue in Asia.
This bronze statue is 21.5m high and weighs 62t, and sits at a height of 3075m above sea level.
Video at the time of portal application
https://youtu.be/E2EB77D2OiE
Here is a link with more historical information about it: http://terradipalma.blogspot.com/2012/07/palazzo-aragonese.html
1. Lagos, Portugal
2. S. Gonçalo de Lagos - https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=37.097302,-8.667961
3. Lagos is a beach town and a city of navigators. This statue of Saint Goncalo (Gundisalvus, 1360-1422), protector of mariners, is strategically located by the beach at the harbor entrance, where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. Beatified in 1778 by Pope Pius VI, he is the city patron, and blesses all seagoing vessels. This location is visited by all tourists, to see the beach and the view over the Lagos bay.
[this photo taken at sunrise]
I was in doubt with choosing a portal that reflected the founding of our city in the steam weaving period, however, this is more connected to the here on and now of the nature of this area.
1 - Entroncamento, Portugal
2- https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=39.464301,-8.47436&z=17&pll=39.464301,-8.47436
3- This portal is the best portal to represent my town because Entroncamento is known as the City of Trains. All trains to all parts of the country pass here. Hence the name Entroncamento, the meeting point of all train lines. This museum is unique, there is no other like it. The National Railway Museum is a museum with a national dimension, whose collection can be visited in different parts of the country. The National Railway Museum, located near the Entroncamento Railway Station, was inaugurated on May 18, 2015.
On the initiative of Armando Ginestal Machado, in the late 70s of the 20th century, various vehicles and objects are kept in old locomotive stalls and railway warehouses. Several of these places were adapted, becoming visitable. The objects shown here are, for the most part, representative of the communities they served and are linked to the railways and their infrastructure, enlivening the memory and identity, individual and collective, of each Region. The Museu Nacional Ferroviário Foundation is heir to these various locations, through its Statutes, having signed Shared Management Protocols with various Municipalities, which assume the operational management. It is now important to evolve towards new approaches, which necessarily include new management models.
1.hohhot inner mongolia china
2.portal name:Inner Mongolia Portal Terminal
3.https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=40.835125,111.606977&z=17&pll=40.835125,111.606977
4.this huge monument is a symbom of monglian culture.
Faro, Algarve, Portugal
Farol do Cabo de São Vicente - https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=37.023016,-8.996524
Cabo de São Vicente is the most south-westerly point of mainland Europe and until the 14th century, people believed that it was the end of the world. This is also where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet. Here starts the GR11 E-9, one of the largest pedestrian routes of all Europe, ending in Saint Petersburgh, Russia. A must see if you ever visit Portugal.