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Continuing the never-ending stream of “World’s largest…” we
present The World’s Largest Portrait, which adorns
the hills of
Erzincan in Turkey.

The massive http://www.google.com/search?q=7.5 square km in square miles
7.5 square km painting is of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk Mustafa
Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey until his death in
1938. Despite his passing some time ago, Atatürk’s face is still a
very popular image and is featured on banknotes, public buildings,
schools, and (in this case) mountains.

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The image was painted in 1982 by the order of the then-ruling
military junta and it took 3000 soldiers just under a month to
finish their handiwork.

Over the years the Turkish army have continued to write on the
country’s hills, more recently writing one of Ataturk’s favourite
sayings: “
Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene!“.

With the second largest standing armed force in NATO (after the
much larger USA), perhaps the soldiers have spare time on their
hands?

Previously:
Portraits Paintings in Google Earth.

Thanks to http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/913629 ssaatci
and http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile26626/The-biggest-portrait-in-the-world.htm
baharbahar

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Your average portrait painting isn’t very large or, in the case
of the Mona Lisa, it’s surprisingly tiny. That said, we have found
one or two giant portraits which are viewable from above.

To start, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank Anne
Frank can be seen painted on the playground of
Anne-Frank-Realschule, a German Six-form high school.

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Still in Germany, we can see a likeness of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart painted in chalk outside
Cologne Cathedral. I think someone should
head down there and put some money in the guy’s hat.

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Our
last portrait we have to admit isn’t actually a portrait
painting, but may well be a reproduction of one of
Picasso’s paintings through the medium of field.

I’ve found suggestion that the original is a portrait of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Thérèse_Walter Marie
Therese Walter but that might be a red herring, as I can’t find
any portraits of her that even resemble the field.

Can anyone do any better?

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Thanks: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=EarthHistory&Number=802352
Felippo, http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile26329/Mozart-portrait-at-Cologne-Cathedral.htm
sladys, JackW & Jane

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