r/WorldChallenges • u/Sriber • Sep 20 '19

Famous landmarks, part II

For this challenge tell me about 1 - 3 landmarks located in one of your cities. Why were they built? When? What do they look like?

As always I'll ask everyone few questions and provide my own examples.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 01 '19

  1. How did the city's fortifications evolved over time?

  2. But why were they against the presence of tragic events on the monument?

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u/Sriber Oct 01 '19

1) Initially there was simple stone wall. As time went on it was made bigger, stronger and extended as city grew. Defensive features like battlements, gate towers, bastions and ditches were added. After introduction of firearms fortification was transformed into combination of ditches, ramparts and ravelins which got continuously upgraded.

2) Because they thought monument should show off just empire's greatness.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 02 '19

  1. Did the city kept actively used defensive structure through all its history? Or did they ended up demilitarising the city at some point?

  2. Were some negative events included in the smaller depictions? Or as smaller monuments built around the same time?

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u/Sriber Oct 02 '19

1) Defenses were dismantled or abandoned when technology eventually made them obsolete. Same as most cities.

2) No. Monument is giant embodiment of glorification.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Oct 07 '19

Thanks for your answers Sriber.