Caen, France - Strange anomoly

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Caen, France - Strange anomoly

Post by Fenton » Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:08 am

OK, so I'm a bit confused by this one. Here is a pic of the centre of Caen, now:

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49°11'10.75" N 0°21'47.95" W


Nice repurposed Star structure sitting in the middle. But here's how it looked in 1944:

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No sign of the castle that is there, now. In fact, it has buildings that look StarCivish.

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Where did the castle come from?
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And another strange thing:

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49°11'11.83" N 0°20'57.24" W


Some lining up of circular mounds (or maybe used to be devices) between the centre of the city and inland port system.

There are also a huge number of sports tracks in Caen.

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Re: Caen, France - Strange anomoly

Post by Ginthus » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:23 am

In this old map some features of hedgehog can be seen:
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