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Originally posted by nixon
It is flak towers to defend Vienna from Allied air attacks during World War II. They are of concrete, and made by the Third Reich. One believes that Hitler had great plans for them, when the war was over.
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Correct! :)

That is indeed a flak tower. Similar towers can also be found in Berlin, but this particular tower is in Vienna, where I spent last weekend. Nixon, you can ask the next question.

Michiel de Ruyter was also very close to the answer. Good job! :cool:

By the way, here is a link about this tower: http://www.univie.ac.at/Very-Vienna/magazin/artikel/32/32.html
 
How weird. I'm surprised no one knocked them down a long time ago.

Should keep 'em now though, its history.

Good question btw, I had no freakin clue what that was. :lol:
 
Name the older brother of Richard Nixon who died of which disease and died in what year?

Might be too easy, but what the hell.
 
Originally posted by Hurricane
Harold Nixon. Died of tuberculosis in 1933.
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Yep, that was his name. He died of TB in 1933, following a stubborn and strenuous struggle against this terrible disease.

One day he went down the local hardware store with his brother, Richard, and bought the present their mother had always wanted. Harold said to Richard that if he died, he must do anything to assure that their mother got the present for her birthday. A week later Harold died. One of the events in his life Richard never forgot.

Well good job, Hurricane. You can fill in for me again, then. :)
 
Ok, this one is piece of cake for Finns...

What relevance has the name Lalli in Finnish history?
 
Lalli was a peasent who murdered Bishop Henry on the frozen lake Koylio in 1156 due to a crusade against the Finnish people. I think...
 
Originally posted by Plexus
Lalli was a peasent who murdered Bishop Henry on the frozen lake Koylio in 1156 due to a crusade against the Finnish people. I think...
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YES! Bishop Henry is now the patron Saint of Finland, according to the Roman Calender of the Catholic Church. This is a very good link to the story:

Saint Henrik (Henry, Heikki) of Uppsala is the patron saint of Finland, according to the Roman Calender of the Catholic Church. He was an Englishman, living in Rome in 1151 when he was asked to accompanythe papal legate, Nicholas Cardinal Breakspear (later Pope Adrian IV) to Scandinavia. The following year Henrik was consecrated bishop of Uppsala, Sweden by Cardinal Breakspear.

Henrik accompanied King Erik of Sweden in the latter's invasion of the Finnish territory in 1155 to punish the Finnish pirates, and he remained in Finland when King Erik returned to Sweden. Henrik set out to convert the Finns to the Christian faith. His missionary work concentrated around the Ahvenanmaa Islands and the area of present-day Turku.

According to tradition, while on a missionary journey in 1156, Bishop Henrik stopped at the home of Lalli, an affluent farmer and convert. Lalli was not at home and Lalli's wife, Kerttu, did not want to offer the bishop anything to eat. The bishop insisted that custom dictated that she supply him with his needs. Upon leaving Bishop Henrik paid the mistress of house for the provisions he had received. When Lalli returned home Kerttu related the story of the bishop's visit, butintentionally did not mention that he paid for his food. In anger Lalli started out after the bishop and caught up to him on the frozen surface of Köyliö Lake, where Lalli murdered the bishop.

The grisly tale continues with Lalli removing the bishop's miter and placing it upon his own head. When Lalli returned home and attempted to remove the miter his scalp came with it.

An equally gruesome tale states that Lalli attempted to steal the bishop's ring from Henrik's thumb, but Lalli could not remove it. Finally, in desperation, Lalli cut off the bishop's thumb in order to secure the ring. The ring fell into the snow and could not be found. Traditions and folktales developed around Saint Henrik's murder. It was believed that the missing bishop's ring can be seen through the crystal clear waters of Köyliö Lake, and although it can be seen shimmering in the waters it can never be reached. Other folktales state that a blind fisherman caught the ring and placed it on his eyes, causing him to immediately regain his sight.

Bishop Henrik's body was buried at Nousiainen. In the 1290's his remains were removed to the site of the new diocesan center in Turku. It was during the end of the thirteenth century that Henrik was elevated to the position of national saint. His death date of January 19th was the highest feast-day in the calendar of saints of the Diocese of Turku, which covered the whole of Finland at that time. Great masses were said on Saint Henrik's day and Henrik's cult and legends highly influenced both ecclesiastical art and literature in Finland.

And what of Lalli? Tradition states that Lalli died within the year of killing Bishop Henrik. During this time he led a cursed life. Mice attacked Lalli as if they were going to eat him alive. Fleeing his home, Lalli took up residence in a root cellar, but the rodents were able to find him there as well. Finally Lalli escaped to a place called Kiukanen, in the village of Harola. He built a small cabin there on a place still called Lallinmaa (Lalli's land). Even here the mice tormented hapless Lalli. In the end Lalli was driven up a large tree by the mice. The mice began to gnaw at the tree until it came crashing down, sending Lalli and the mice into the lake, where they all drown. To this day this lake is called Hiirijärvi (Mouse Lake). In medieval times and long afterwards, Lalli represented paganism and St. Henrik, the victory of Christianity. In art, the figure of Lalli is most often shown lying under the foot of St. Henrik, subdued and scalpless. In the more recent past, some people have attempted to portray Lalli as a symbol of Finnish independence and unwillingness to submit to authority.
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Ok, here's a question. (Just watched Braveheart) :D Should be easy for you Scots.

Two part question: On what date was Scottish patriot William Wallace executed in London? How much longer did it take Scotland to gain independence?
 
A: he was excuted on the 23rd August 1305 in London
Scotland gained independence in June 1314 the last english were kicked out of Scotland by Robert the Bruce
 
Can someonelse ask questions too?
 
ok i will make up a question,

Q: there was a crusade in 1444 from Szeged in hungary to which bulgarian city?(its not very known)
 
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