Place guessing

The Chronicler · **Reply #500 on:** May 15, 2009, 03:47:00 PM

Saint Albans, Vermont is the place I had in mind. Interestingly, I live in Vermont and yet I never knew this fact until I saw it on the History Channel. (It was a miniseries called 'The States'. It's basically some brief histories about each of the 50 states.)

Your turn, Malte.

Malte279 · **Reply #501 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:04:18 AM

At this place the great flower power struggle started. But as far as this place was concerned the beginning was not the end for a king was to be freed here. The place is very close here.
Let's see if this riddle talk is inscrutable or not

Nick22 · **Reply #502 on:** May 19, 2009, 01:47:40 AM

You're talking about the War of the Roses, correct?

Malte279 · **Reply #503 on:** May 19, 2009, 04:54:01 AM

Aye, "the great flower power struggle"

Do you know the place I'm referring to?

Nick22 · **Reply #504 on:** May 19, 2009, 01:00:49 PM

So this woukld be somewhere in England, correct?

Malte279 · **Reply #505 on:** May 19, 2009, 01:09:11 PM

That's right

If you look at my post there are several very direct hints in the description.

Nick22 · **Reply #506 on:** May 20, 2009, 01:40:47 AM

St Albains?

Malte279 · **Reply #507 on:** May 20, 2009, 03:32:12 AM

That's correct. The so called Wars of the Roses began with the battle of St. Albans in 1455, in the second battle of St. Albans in 1461 king Henry VI. was liberated by his followers after he had been captured in the battle of Northampton (a bit more than half a year earlier). My remark that the place was "very close here" referred to the fact that the last answer before this question had been Saint Albans / VT.
Your turn Nick

Nick22 · **Reply #508 on:** May 20, 2009, 09:59:41 PM

This is where the Great wall of China starts..

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #509 on:** May 20, 2009, 10:55:36 PM

The Shanhai Pass?

Noname · **Reply #510 on:** June 01, 2009, 03:54:49 AM

Shanhaiguan pass.

Nick22 · **Reply #511 on:** June 01, 2009, 12:48:59 PM

yes Noname. yourr turn

Noname · **Reply #512 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:20:29 PM

Okay. This place has a similar name to an Islamic Holy place, but predates it by a long time, and is also located in a desert.

Nick22 · **Reply #513 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:22:31 PM

is it mecca?

Noname · **Reply #514 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:42:49 PM

No. It predates the Islamic holy places because it was founded before Islam, and would never gain any significance to Islam despite its name.

Nick22 · **Reply #515 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:57:48 PM

is it Meckah which in the Shara, I believe..

Noname · **Reply #516 on:** June 01, 2009, 02:00:48 PM

It is not named Mecca, Meckah, or anything quite along those lines, but it IS similar to another city of Islamic importance.

Here's a hint: a lot of people were buried not too far from this place.

Nick22 · **Reply #517 on:** June 01, 2009, 02:02:02 PM

Medina?

Noname · **Reply #518 on:** June 01, 2009, 02:31:07 PM

"Medina" by itself is not the full name, but you are close. This is NOT in Saudi Arabia...

Malte279 · **Reply #519 on:** January 19, 2010, 07:01:25 AM

Medina de Rioseco in Spain? I think its origins lie in ancient times and in 1808 a battle during the Napoleonic wars was fought there so I reckon the would be many people buried in the vicinity.

Medina-Sidonia, also in Spain may be another possibility though I know no other reason for many people to be buried there other than the fact that over the more than 2000 years of its existence many people would be buried especially because of the sacral buildings of the place.