Think back in history as you view today’s Mystery Photo. Perhaps something will pop into your mind and you’ll be able to solve this puzzle. Send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your home town.
Allen Peel of San Antonio, Tex. recognized the last mystery photo. He wrote: “It is of the Church of Saint Joan of Arc, located in the center of Place du Vieux-Marché, an ancient market square in the city center of Rouen, France. Contrary to the typically medieval, Gothic-style churches and cathedrals that the city is famous for, the Saint Joan of Arc church is a rather wacky and spiky-looking memorial church designed and built by architect Louis Arretche (1905–1991).
“The church was commissioned in 1969, completed in 1979, and inaugurated on May 27, 1979 by former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (1926–2020). Its roof is shaped like an overturned ship’s hull which is often used in the design of smaller Christian churches. The sweeping curves of the roof are meant to portray the flames that consumed Joan of Arc, the 19-year peasant girl that was ‘burned at the stake’ for heresy, on May 30, 1431 in the very same market square that now houses the memorial church pictured in today’s mystery photo.” The photo was sent to the Forum by Paige Havens of Hoschton.
Also recognizing the mystery were Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C.; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Stew Ogilvie from Rehobeth, Ala. Go Dogs!
- 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: ebrack2@gmail.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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