Also, this was linked on another thread but never made it here: This is most of what we have on potential locations and clue meanings. I think some thing from yesterday didn’t get updated (like, some people were linking things to Mexico City and I don’t see that on here), but it’s something
EDIT: This is what I was referring to earlier when I said bold locations were ones we were pretty certain of, just to clarify
Too much info for me now. At least I helped start the ball rolling 
Technically, Tel Aviv in Israel is a possible location. Might be worth checking whether any of the clues in the newsletter seem to point that way.
Adding last nights trains of thoughts to the google sheet now.
Ricardo Legoretta’s Interior?
Continuous Pedagogical - means ongoing teaching…
Worlds longest running university?
The Sourbonne in Paris is one of the oldest university, and the only other Ancient establishment where we already have linking clues nearby.
Ooh I’ve been out all day and trying to catch up!! I looked it up and @MissEvans ‘The oldest existing, and continually operating educational institution in the world is the University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco. The University of Bologna, Italy, was founded in 1088 and is the oldest one in Europe.’
Which is kinda annoying because neither of those countries are countries we’ve had our eyes on! It’s a really really good thought though!
Thats the same issue I had. Neither Fez nor Bologna are on Fletcher Dawson’s city list.
On the other hand, Madrid is!! So, that could definitely be an option!
The clue could also add to Paris - the Sorbonne - have either been in continuous use?
That’s a really good find, It was made in 1150 as ‘The University of Paris’ and then in the 1970’s changed to ‘The Sorbonne’. So i guess that means it has been in continuous use!
On another clue, for Rumyantsev, we settled pretty quickly on St. Petersburg, but the name is also linked to Moscow - the Rumyantsev Museum was Moscow’s first public museum. So the Russia link is pretty solid, but it could go to either city depending on the other points, maybe.
Also in St. Petersburg (in addition to the family mansion), there was a Rumyantsev Obelisk in the Field of Mars, but it has since been moved to Vasilyevsky Island in what is now called the Rumyantsev Garden
We need to tease these out then, the Russian entries do seem interchangeable - Moskva’s curve and Sadoyava Mathusian are similarly applicable to Moscow and St Petersburg.
The Rumyantsev Obelisk is interesting if it is tied to the Field of Mars (sorry, I am still on that kick). That is a pretty good coincidence
They’re both really good points!! I’ll add them to the map I made for sure as possibilities, as well as the University of Paris
I’m going to take a look over the google spreadsheet. I’ve come across several squares that look filled, but the locations are ones we know aren’t on the Dawson website. I don’t want to delete past work, in case it becomes relevant again, so I might add a new column for “Dawson Locations” and will transfer the relevant information there so it’s easier to see what we still need to address.
Edit: I’ll copy over anything that is a Dawson city, even if it isn’t one we’re leaning towards at this point. If I missed something that was covered in conversation or if someone finds anything else feel free to add in the format “city name (reason)”. Also, if anyone knows how to pin a link to the top of the thread so it doesn’t get lost, let me know!
Okay, I think I got all the relevant cities copied over to the new column and there are several blanks. I didn’t come across any Mexico city, but I know there was a lot of buzz about it yesterday. If anyone remembers them offhand, feel free to add. I can skim this thread to see if I can find them. We should also maybe tackle the blank ones before trying to jump ahead and do anything with fitting constellations.
Off the top of my head, Maximilian 1 of Mexico (the execution of Maximilian) was the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire. And i think there was also some talks of Obregón’s Requiem, but i’m not 100% what the connection was!
Edit: Would you be able to put a link pleaseee <3?
Here ya go! If anyone knows how to pin a link to the top, either let me know or please pin this!
So this might be a thing…Cristossangre is “Christ’s Blood” and there’s a Church of the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg. The original guess for this was Mallorca, Spain, but I couldn’t pin down anything in Madrid (or Mexico City as a stretch) that seemed likely, so I’ll put this on the list as a possibility.
Edit: also a possible link to Rome, with a staircase that supposedly has stain’s from Christ’s blood (Scala Sancta)
I think that’s a really good possibility and an amazing find!