Bellingcat Challenge #4 "The Rider's View" Writeup
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Challenge
Bellingcat Challenge #4 “The Rider’s View”
This street scene was captured by Giancarlo, but perhaps he left out an historic detail.
What nearby monument can the rider see from their vantage point?
The monument is to a person, what is their name?
Solution
The image contained no direct indication of its location, so I ran several of the visible buildings through Google Image Search. The distinctively colored building on the right led to an Airbnb listing, which placed the scene in Bogotá, Colombia.
Checking the surrounding area in Google Maps showed Parque de los Hippies in the rider’s line of sight.
Searching for "Parque de los Hippies monument" revealed a monument to Julio Flórez. A photo of the bust on Wikimedia Commons provides another visual confirmation.
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Julio Flórez