Today’s Mystery Photo may not have the geographical location that many associated with Christmas. See if you can determine where this photograph was made. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
Two GwinnettForum readers correctly identified the last Mystery Photo because they had been there. Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex.: “Today’s mystery photo was shot a hill-top scenic overlook with stunning, panoramic views of the Port of Málaga, Spain, along the Mediterranean Sea. My wife and I stayed at the Parador de Málaga Gibralfaro, a historic old convent that was converted into a luxury hotel, just 600-feet from where the mystery photo was shot. Considering that that was 45-years ago (in June 1978, when we were on a 3-1/2 week honeymoon in the Costa Del Sol region of Spain), it is clear that this stunning view was implanted deep into my memory cells so long ago!
“The Port of Málaga is the oldest continuously-operated port in Spain. The Plaza de Toros La Malagueta (aka ‘La Malagueta Bullring’) is also featured prominently in the mystery photo. Designed by Joaquín Rucoba, the hexadecagon-shaped bullring is 170-feet in diameter and was first opened to the public in June 1876. The Picassian bullfight is held at this venue each Easter; and is noteworthy as the bullfighters all wear costumes inspired by the style, vision and forms of Pablo Picasso, the Spanish artist, who spent most of his adult life in France, but was actually born in Málaga.”
Lou Camerio of Lilburn wrote: “Dee and I spent a week there about 40+ years ago. We flew into Madrid and had about an eight hour layover, where we spent most of the time at the Prado Museum (Great museum.) I saw the headline across the top in the largest letters I had ever seen saying that Bing Crosby had died. He was playing golf there.That should give you how long ago we were there. We stayed in Torremolinos.and also took the ferry from Gibraltar to Morocco.”
The photographer is Michael Clark of Atlanta, via Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill.
Others recognizing the photo were Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C. Helen Rocquemore, Auburn; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Ruthie Lachman Paul of Norcoss; and Michael Woods, Peachtree Corners;
- SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: elliott@brack.net and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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