CLUE: One lonely statue stands amid the fall splendor in today’s Mystery Photo. Perhaps the countryside gives this location away. Tell us where you think this is located, and include your hometown when sending in your idea to elliott@brack.net.
The mystery photo in the last edition proved easy, and quite popular. Jim Brooks of Norcross reported in first: “I believe Cindi and I saw this ‘Monument to 
he Discoveries’ in Lisbon, Portugal, while visiting last year.” He is right. Then came an onslaught: including Carolyn Hill, Suwanee and Ross Lenhart, Pawley’s Island, S.C.
Ruthy Lachman Paul of Norcross wrote: “Discoveries Monument district, Belen in Lisbon. The monument was built in 1940 in honor of the Portuguese explorers of the Age of Discovery in the 15th century and 16th centuries, which led to the discovery journeys, Portuguese colonization and conquest of new places around the world. The monument is adjacent to the River Tagus, close to where many of the ships began sailing to their goals. The original monument was biodegradable and therefore was rebuilt in 1960 of concrete, to mark 500 years since the death of Henry the Navigator.”
Others with the right answer included Jo Pinder of Baltimore, Md.: “Visited there several years ago with a Roads Scholar tour of the art and architecture of the Iberian Peninsula.” She adds: “Enjoying the 11 degree weather here in Baltimore”; Harriet Nichols, Trickum; Lou Camiero, Lilburn; Lee Klaer, Duluth; Tom Merkel, Berkeley Lake.
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