@Blackraven or anyone else living in Colombia, have you been there?
Oh my, I'm positively blushing!
Yep I actually went there a few months ago... and survived
As mentioned in the link, a striking and very sad similarity with Spellhold, other than the visual aspect, is that it does attract many people with mental problems. Throughout the decades many depressed people have used the massive cliff (which also has an impressive waterfall) behind the hotel, to end their lives.
@TethorilofLathander , You beat me to it. I was going to say, lots of government buildings all over the U.S. are modeled on buildings from Greece and Rome.
@TethorilofLathander@BelgarathMTH: Yeah, I was trying to be funny. Nashville has a full-scale replica of the Athenian Parthenon. Being much more intact than the original does make it is easier to see the resemblance to the Hall of Wonders, though.
That balcony gives Irenicus a great opportunity to break into opera xD
He can't remember the lines. At first it was a memory, then a memory of a memory. Then that was gone too. The Seldarine took that from him too! Now, all that is left to him is revenge. And he WILL HAVE IT!
I've never found a satisfactory real-world Waukeen's Promenade. It looks kind of like an amphitheater, and the one at El Djem seems like a better match than the Colosseum... ...and with the straight sides and turrets, it also resembles the Circus Maximus.
It seems likely that some amphitheater/circus/hippodrome from farther east is a better match. Any ideas?
@joluv pretty sure it's supposed to be the Circus Maximus - but the real-life version was too long to fit in a standard Infinity Engine map, so they likely made it shorter.
I'm also pretty sure I saw the Bridge District someplace in real life, but I can't quite remember. It *VAGUELY* reminds me of Florence's Ponte Vecchio. But I think there's another one that is more accurate.
This is the book which Ed Greenwood named the city of Baldur's Gate after. In that book, Baldur is the name of an alcoholic sculptor, rather than a seafaring elf.
I live in the South Of England. and Corfe is not that far from me. Everytime I visit, I expect to see my NPC companions lurking around waiting to join my party.
So just thought it would be nice to have a thread where people can post images of places they know which could have come from the game and into the real world.
I can't see Keldorn in a Hyundai, to be perfectly honest.
Brown County State Park in Indiana might work. It's a rugged, wooded upland that has escaped glaciation, so while most of the state is flat, it's hilly. The hills aren't high, but the are steep. Good country for dwarves & elves. There are also some interesting caves in the limestone belt just west of there.
This is actually my town and could stand in for Nashkel. The first thing you hit going over the the bridge is The George. There used to be 5 pubs/inns on the high street alone, we're down to four, times are hard. Not so much else but you can always get a drink.
We also have a murder rate eight times the national average, so not so far fetched as a Baldurs Gate location. Not exactly what you would expect looking at the ducks and the river but then who does expect "I am death come for thee"?
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As mentioned in the link, a striking and very sad similarity with Spellhold, other than the visual aspect, is that it does attract many people with mental problems. Throughout the decades many depressed people have used the massive cliff (which also has an impressive waterfall) behind the hotel, to end their lives.
http://saltodeltequendamaproyectopuj.blogspot.nl/2012_10_01_archive.html
That's pretty clearly High Hedge - it even got the STAIRS
Great find.
http://www.winthropwashington.com/
(My dad actually worked on a forest fire here a year ago...)
Kew Gardens
...and with the straight sides and turrets, it also resembles the Circus Maximus.
It seems likely that some amphitheater/circus/hippodrome from farther east is a better match. Any ideas?
I'm also pretty sure I saw the Bridge District someplace in real life, but I can't quite remember. It *VAGUELY* reminds me of Florence's Ponte Vecchio. But I think there's another one that is more accurate.
After seeing all these pictures, I start thinking if the game designers had the places in mind when they made Baldur's Gate!!
Also the one from Intro movie.
This is the book which Ed Greenwood named the city of Baldur's Gate after. In that book, Baldur is the name of an alcoholic sculptor, rather than a seafaring elf.
Mind = blown
This is Corfe village and castle.
http://www.dorsetcamera.co.uk/assets/images/corfe_village-5093_1.jpg
So just thought it would be nice to have a thread where people can post images of places they know which could have come from the game and into the real world.
Brown County State Park in Indiana might work. It's a rugged, wooded upland that has escaped glaciation, so while most of the state is flat, it's hilly. The hills aren't high, but the are steep. Good country for dwarves & elves. There are also some interesting caves in the limestone belt just west of there.
http://www.browncountycabins.com/images/main/Gary-Moore-6.jpg
http://10888-presscdn-0-51.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/brown-county.jpeg
Not so much else but you can always get a drink.
http://www.newforest-online.co.uk/nfolimages/new-forest-towns/fordingbridge.jpg
We also have a murder rate eight times the national average, so not so far fetched as a Baldurs Gate location. Not exactly what you would expect looking at the ducks and the river but then who does expect "I am death come for thee"?