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Quiz: Name the building
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:03 pm
by Pine
Question: What is the significance of the building in this painting, which has a Beetle in the foreground?
Clue: it is in South Africa, and the building was quite controversial in the media in recent times
Re: Quiz: Name the building
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:08 pm
by Blitzkrieg
Reitz Hostel?
Re: Quiz: Name the building
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:00 am
by karmakoma
I think you got it Blitz. At least I think that's what the painting says
Reitz Kamerwonings Bloemfontein ?
Re: Quiz: Name the building
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:11 am
by Pine
That is correct
The Reitz Hostel on the campus of the University of the Free State has been a home to thousands of students over the years. This painting is in the office of a doctor in Heidelberg, who was living there while he was studying.