Comments on: Hillside man http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/31/hillside-man/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/31/hillside-man/comment-page-1/#comment-8511 Alex Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:05:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=713#comment-8511 <p>Matt, looks like some kind of mine to me, no?</p> Matt, looks like some kind of mine to me, no?

]]> By: Amio Cajander http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/31/hillside-man/comment-page-1/#comment-8370 Amio Cajander Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:49:52 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=713#comment-8370 <p>Orito Village in County of Monforte del Cid in Alicante Province in Valencia Autonomous Region, East Coast of Spain.</p> <p>The figure - made of white painted stones -represents the saint "san pascual bailón" because he lived in a cave in this hills in the XVI century. </p> <p>Now there is a sanctuary next to "the cross" where a big celebration is been made on May 17th.</p> <p>More info (in Spanish :-) ) in http://www.dip-alicante.es/monforte/monforte/ciudad/rutas.asp?sec=3</p> <p>Ground level foto (where the figure can hardly be seen in the right end) http://www.marblenet.es/csf/images/0rito01.jpg</p> Orito Village in County of Monforte del Cid in Alicante Province in Valencia Autonomous Region, East Coast of Spain.

The figure – made of white painted stones -represents the saint “san pascual bailón” because he lived in a cave in this hills in the XVI century.

Now there is a sanctuary next to “the cross” where a big celebration is been made on May 17th.

More info (in Spanish :-) ) in http://www.dip-alicante.es/monforte/monforte/ciudad/rutas.asp?sec=3

Ground level foto (where the figure can hardly be seen in the right end) http://www.marblenet.es/csf/images/0rito01.jpg

]]> By: Matt Schneider http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/31/hillside-man/comment-page-1/#comment-8362 Matt Schneider Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:48:23 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=713#comment-8362 <p>I wonder what this thing is just to the northeast of the man on the hill: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.386746,-0.652270&spn=0.007078,0.013902&t=k&hl=en. Looks like a huge dried up pool with a deep end and everything, but it's probably a reservoir.</p> I wonder what this thing is just to the northeast of the man on the hill: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth. Looks like a huge dried up pool with a deep end and everything, but it’s probably a reservoir.

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