tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.worldimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up11.01Kcross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
arrow-up11.01KimageThe Ark of Bukhara is a spectacular-looking fortress located in Uzbekistan, built 1,500 years agolemmy.worldtictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: castles@lemm.ee
minus-squareSordid@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up65·1 year agoIn defensive terms, no, not really. They had to build it like this because these aren’t really walls per se, it’s just brick lining on the outside of an earthen mound, and mounds are, well, mound-shaped. https://gomadnomad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Bukharas-Ark-Palace.jpg
minus-squareBB69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoIt would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou’d think there’d be a reason beyond construction requirements, though—otherwise someone in the past 1,500 years would have replaced it with a more conventional wall.
minus-squareSordid@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThey did. This is only the oldest, innermost fortification in the city. AFAIK additional layers of walls were build around it later.
In defensive terms, no, not really. They had to build it like this because these aren’t really walls per se, it’s just brick lining on the outside of an earthen mound, and mounds are, well, mound-shaped. https://gomadnomad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Bukharas-Ark-Palace.jpg
It would’ve made siege ladders harder to set up.
You’d think there’d be a reason beyond construction requirements, though—otherwise someone in the past 1,500 years would have replaced it with a more conventional wall.
They did. This is only the oldest, innermost fortification in the city. AFAIK additional layers of walls were build around it later.