August 2012 – Page 2 – Where On Google Earth?

Contest #254 answer: Bois du Cazier cole mine, Marcinelle, Belgium

Last month the UNESCO World Heritage list was extended with the Major Mining Sites of Wallonia, one of them being the Bois du Cazier, near Charleroi.

This particular one is being remembered as the place where in 1956 a tragic disaster took place: an underground fire lead to the dead of 262 miners.

Nowadays this site is a museum

Those who went down but resurfaced

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Believe it or not, but there is a link with contest #251

It is about the structure in the centre of the picture

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Well, it is great to see that so many of you got this one right.

It is Lago di Traiano, the old harbor of Rome, built by emperor Trajan in the year 103 AD.

The purpose of its hexagonal shape was probably to reduce the waves.

Those who know their classics:

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Once upon a time this was a harbor