| The lighthouse with pavilion is the main object on the ace of hearts and the ace of diamonds, but is also seen on the right in the background on the ace of spades, left here below. | |
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The ACES in close up
Scenic aces sometimes help to
identify places, when they're not mentioned in a caption or text. A lighthouse
is a sort of landmark and I was able to identify it as the lighthouse of
Oostende, a town on the Belgian coast. Around the lighthouse, which was built in
1771, a pavilion was built. It's already depicted on etchings from around 1850.
The pavilion had different salons and a restaurant. It was destructed in 1877,
as the public had lost interest. The lighthouse had already lost it's function
in 1860, when it was replaced by a higher lighthouse a bit further away. But the
former lighthouse wasn't torn down until 1944.
| The lighthouse with pavilion is the main object on the ace of hearts and the ace of diamonds, but is also seen on the right in the background on the ace of spades, left here below. | |
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