Place guessing

Malte279 · **Reply #360 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:45:14 PM

Just look for France's / Western Europe's highest mountain.

Nick22 · **Reply #361 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:52:55 PM

Mont Blanc?

Malte279 · **Reply #362 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:55:07 PM

That's the one.

Nick22 · **Reply #363 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:58:39 PM

Blanc is white then... interesting

Malte279 · **Reply #364 on:** October 17, 2005, 03:09:42 PM

Yes, very interesting indeed

Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #365 on:** October 18, 2005, 09:44:26 AM

This place was home to Elizabeth Barthory, The "blood Countess'.

Stitch · **Reply #366 on:** October 18, 2005, 11:11:33 AM

Hungary

Nick22 · **Reply #367 on:** October 18, 2005, 11:55:05 AM

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #368 on:** October 18, 2005, 06:24:27 PM

Scotland? I'm currently thinking of Mary, Queen of Scots. (only name I could recognize besides "Bloody Mary")

Malte279 · **Reply #369 on:** October 18, 2005, 06:30:24 PM

Bloody Mary was another daughter of King Henry VIII and thus a cousin to Mary queen of Scots (the two are frequently confused).

Is it Slovakia? The country appears along with Elizabeth Barthory, but I didn't find any satisfactory description of who she was and what she did. In case the answer is correct, can you please tell us Nick?

Nick22 · **Reply #370 on:** October 19, 2005, 10:11:42 AM

Yes, in the region of Translyvania, which extends over into Romania. Elizabeth Bathory was known as the Blood Countess, because she had hundreds of young girls killed and bathed in thier blood, believing that by doing so she could maintain her beauty forever. She was mentally disturbed, and also probably a lesbian(she was said to be lovers with some of the women with helped her capture and entice victims, and she was said to have had sex with some of her victims before killing them)

But because she was of the nobility, and was kin to several important leaders (including the King of Poland) no one stepped in to stop her crimes, until aroiund 1611. By then, she had moved on to victims of noble status. At any rate, stories of the numerous missing girls and tales of the unspeakable acts which went on inside her castle were legion, and finally her brother was ordered to investigate. her castle was stormed, and her crimes were revealed. They found several recent victims hanging up, they had been tortured. they also found dozens of others in the dugeons, who were waiting thier turn. they also found a book listing the number of victims(at least 650, some say it was 800). But due to her nooble status, she was sentenced to life imprisonment, her accomplices had thier fingers ripped out and were burned alive. She was walled up inside her castle, and died 4 years later. Bathory was cited as an inspiration for the vampiresses in Dracula, and legend says she was a vampiress herself. Her family was related to Vlad Tepes as well.
More info on bathory than you probably wantted to know malte. The gory and distrubing facts of one of history's most imfamous villians.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #371 on:** October 19, 2005, 11:22:21 AM

Not that I am craving for blood and gore, but with all that has been committed throughout history it is not like this one would cause me sleepless nights. In fact I'm glad to get more than superficial information. Just one of many examples for the fact that nobility is nothing to be gained by birth.

The pucelle was captured and two armistices were signed at this place.

Nick22 · **Reply #372 on:** October 19, 2005, 12:29:28 PM

Pucelle? That souunds like a Spanish term...

Malte279 · **Reply #373 on:** October 20, 2005, 08:16:46 AM

It isn't.

Nick22 · **Reply #374 on:** October 20, 2005, 08:42:31 AM

From typing in the word 'pucelle' all i can find is a 13th century French painter named pucelle. Another hint, if you please...

Malte279 · **Reply #375 on:** October 21, 2005, 04:16:32 AM

It is French indeed and "la pucelle" is not just a name, but also has a meaning to it. I think the closest English translation would be "The maiden".

Nick22 · **Reply #376 on:** October 21, 2005, 12:56:26 PM

Would the maiden be Joan of Arc?

Malte279 · **Reply #377 on:** October 21, 2005, 02:26:14 PM

Maybe. The question however is about a place.

Stitch · **Reply #378 on:** October 21, 2005, 02:42:15 PM

I would have to guess Paris.

Nick22 · **Reply #379 on:** October 21, 2005, 02:55:48 PM

Is it Versailes?