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Originally Posted by speeder
Is that the Roman Colosseum? I seem to remember it being a bit more ornate...  |
It's Stonehenge. Our own version here in Washington, on the Columbia River near Maryhill. Quite the story behind it. It was built just after WWI by a wealthy local (who also paved the first road in the US). There is a bronze plaque on each of the vertical columns, each one of which bears the name of a man who came from that county who lost his life in the war.
It's the best representation of the original that they were able to construct from what we know about it. Its orientation is such that it functions both as a clock and as a calendar, just like the original (orientation is adjusted for latitude and longitude).
It's pretty cool, really. I've been to the original on many occasions while working in Cardiff, Wales. Ours is in better shape...