Photographer’s Note
Romanshorn is a city of about 10000 inhabitants located at the border of the Lake of Constance. There is a legend about the name of the city: Roman was a fisherman, who when he was fishing, felt so alone that he was not hungry. So, he threw his apple to the lake and a being appeared of waters, yellow color and with a horn on the head. Immediately they began to chat and then they saw that the city was in fire. Roman asked how they could warn the inhabitants of the city from danger. The being suggested him to take the horn on his head and blow to alert people. Thus he did it and the town was saved. From comes the name. The horn of Roman. Roman's horn. In 2003, Romanshorn erected a sculpture in memory of Mocmoc, the being who had saved them. Here you can see Mocmoc. This sculpture is well-known by another name in Romanshorn. Yes. You guessed right: "the Pokemon".
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SophieL
(6030) 2004-11-26 10:08
I opened the picture out of curiosity, because I felt the picture would have some interest if there was a note with it : I'm not disappointed! :^)
I don't know if your story is true or not (it looks too good to be true, actually, it's hard to imagine that a town would erect a statue that looks so much like a plastic toy... I tried to look on the web, it looks true!), but I like the story anyway.
There's not much to say about the picture itself, bright flash light and centered composition, it's not the best picture ever, but thanks for sharing it and sharing the story with us. This picture and its note fit well into TE's scope.
Welcome on TE and have a great time, I hope.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Clemente Perez (kLe)
(2039) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2004-03-19
- Categories: Artwork
- Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Canon EF 28-80mm, Compact Flash Card
- Exposure: f/5.6, 1/30 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2004-11-25 16:14








