Truly magnificent ancient military architecture. I have 100+ pics, I'll start with about 20 to see if people are interested.
>>704704102
Yes. Bump
>>704704102
Woah, bump
>>704704102
>>704704155
Why have I never seen these before?
>>704704213
>>704704155
>>704704102
Keep going dude these are sweet.
>>704704228
I don't know?
>>704704102
Post more trace-Italienne.
Detail: Roman built siege ramp on the right side, still in place today.
This is awesome anon.
Could you put all on a mega upload or something? This is my inspiration to why I bought land in the country.
ooogaa booga
>>704704679
I can't at the moment, maybe in the future. It's quite a collection. You want to build your own castle then?
>>704704679
Here's some inspiration, it's being built at this moment in France, with medieval techniques so it takes some time.
>>704704523
Dudes are like, "no one can get in here"
Romans be like, "I've got 10,000 slaves and a whole lot of buckets"
It had to suck just watching them build it for like a year knowing one day when they get there you're going to be raped and pillaged
>>704704102
good lord, that is like the ultimate star fort
>>704704751
Wow, Rust's graphics are getting really good
bump
>>704704288
Most of us are too fucking lazy to go anywhere else you cock. Shut up and go back to the shitty PICS U SAID U WOULDN'T SHARE, DUBS & WAIFU threads fuckhead
>>704704950
A detail of the cliff of San Leo
>>704704751
kek
>>704704523
Is this where the Jewish insurgents an heroed during the siege?
>>704705146
Yep.
>>704704767
That's what I'm working on now. Building a crane out if an old firetruck boom so I can lift rocks from a quarry. I'm 24 so I've got some time. It's not going to be anything big. But a couple rooms and a wall. All stone
ITT uneducated burgers who didn't know about de Vauban.
>French are surrender monkeys huehuehue!
>>704704102
1593 isn't really ancient.
>>704705235
Nice. Not to criticize, but why not buy a shit ton of old bricks?
>>704704102
I've been to this town multiple times. It's beautiful.
>>704705409
I have posted before and then said "old", so people came up with WOII bunkers and shit, that's why
>>704704228
Daulatabad Fort
I'm interested
>>704704102
Can you upload your folder?
awesome pics
>>704704155
Detail of Daulatabad Citadel slopes.
>>704704102
dahm dude
op give us a folder with it
Naarden NL
>>704704213
Detail of Mehrangarh walls size, compared to a touring bus. Took the pic a couple of years ago.
>>704704906
I bet that thing is still in use and does a fucking great job today
>>704705623
>>704705737
Sorry, can't do that at the moment
>>704705773
Ik dacht al dat er een NL'er bij zat
>>704705455
For sure there are a lot of ways to get it done faster/cheaper.
1. I want it out of stone that can't crumble (even good brick or concrete block breaks down) in the long run
2. I want large stones so it can't really be dozed ever.
Its going to be the way I want to be eternalized. I know it's silly in a way but that's the I only thing that gives me purpose in this short life
>>704705873
It actually does. It's a bit damaged but if you imagine that Aleppo citadel has been around from the pre gunpowder to the post nuclear time, it's actually astounding
>>704704985
preach
>>704705873
>today
non of these will be useful against modern military architecture
>>704705270
BASED
do you have some carcassone ?
>>704706003
Where are you planning on building it? Btw bricks can last hundreds of years
>>704706116
Of course
>>704706023
>in picture: over 100 ninjas
>>704706204
Currently in North MN. Still need to do lots of research of course, but I'm doing the basics of getting land and money to start the process.
And I'm shooting for thousands of years. It's a dream, but hey, at least it's something
>>704706089
It's enough for sandnigger weaponry
>>704706241
i'm french, and one highway come close to the city, and you can clearly see it from the car, i remember seeing it when i was a kid, it's really massiv and look so out of place it's magical
>>704706395
Thousands of years... That's ambitious. Anyway, I'd like to join in when my midlife crisis kicks in someday
>>704704283
god, imagine serving on such a fortress:
chef guy on top: he you, bring the men on the lowest wall some water.
all the 100 m down and up again.
now bring them food.
down and up
down and up...
must make you really fit.
>>704705693
Walk past this everyday on my way to work.
Those Plantagenet angles are beautiful.
Keep it coming OP. These are great.
>>704707034
Thanks, I was about to stop
>>704706535
Feel free. Drive your mid life crisis car up and you can help. By then you should be able to find me by then as I'll make local news at least lol
>>704704102
Thanks for the dump OP. I needed these for describing Forts in D&D.
>>704707160
That was my thought exactly.
>>704707184
You're welcome
>>704706721
nice, i live in that city...
>>704707145
Please dont!
>>704707415
Underground castle plans
>>704704469
Been there only 2 months ago.
>>704704102
>ancient
>posts picture of sconces
jesus fucking christ, you need help:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_thinking
>>704707544
For those interested why star forts were invented in the first place: after the introduction of gunpowder, there was a shift in defensive thinking. From then on solid stone walls were less effective, so they created earthen walls with triangular shapes and used cannons as main line of defense.
>pic related
>>704707653
Your opinion means nothing to me.
moar!
>>704704469
Gate system at Konigstein, final gate disappears into a long sloping cave/tunnel with multiple gates and portcullises
>>704704102
>ancient
Bourtange fortification are from 1960's
>>704708055
>hating
>not contributing
>>704708135
OP is not a fag
I think I'm gonna do some groceries guys, starting to get hungry
>>704705270
Used to live right near there, dude I knew had an aunt who lived on the island.
Not only is it a badass cathedral built on a rock in the middle of the sea but the salt flats around it are so flat that when the tide comes back in it's faster than a galloping horse.
Good luck sieging that bullshit.
10/10 zombie hideout.
>>704708045
>pyjama castle
hell yeah
>>704708477
Thanks anon. And I look forward to your help in a few decades
>>704708477
Thanks anon. And I look forward to your help in a few decades
>>704704102
I'm in. All the other threads suck anyway.
>>704708477
Cheers mate.
>>704708715
I will watch the news...
>>704708755
>>704708874
Thanks
>>704708755
You're late, Anon.
>>704704102
Its a Star of David.
>>704709004
dicks out for Salah ad-Din!
First pic looks like a fortress in civ v created by a great general
>>704709184
No, it's a Star Fort, designed to provided covering fire for multiple kill-zones.
l2military.
>>704709420
No its a Star of David, so that where the jooos will go there. U r in denial about it cause u h8 jews.
>you'll never build an awesome fortress to defend your homeland from invaders
I hate my life.
>>704704102
Ayyy i was here just a bit ago. Bourtange is beautiful
>>704709570
Its a Star of David man can't you see that?
![image32773[2249].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Pi7V9C7.jpg "image32773[2249].jpg")
>>704708477
>Constantinople
Istanbul*
fixed it for you, mate.
>>704705312
One of my ancestors died there
>>704709885
Back then it was Constantinople tho
>>704704283
I remember seeing that castle, I took a pic of my sister with the castle in the background and asked her to do the same, SHE FUCKING MISSED THE CASTLE, how can somebody not get the castle and me in the same picture!!!!! I raged so hard when to pictures came out back home. Still pissed about it today.
(we didn't have a fancy camera with a display)
>>704704418 ibiza?
check out this guy
>>704710664
>>704710664
Zozzle
>>704710664
alpha centauri
Thank you OP
>>704707724
thanks, I was wondering
>>704704102
It didnt stop de germans fam
same castle, 1/12
>>704710543
protip: no one gives a shit about a picture of you posing in front of a distant castle no one has ever heard of and can barely see
>>704704102
I'm interested.
Orvieto!
The only non cancerous thread on /b/
>>704705555
checked
>>704704983
Best post in this thread
>>704712585
nice for a change, it hasn't been one for quite some time
>>704712111
nice trips, thank you for posting anon
would love to see what it looked like in its prime
>>704705201
holy shit, these stairs.
>>704713038
Greece is full of castles but only a handfull are in pristine condition, search for Rhode castle, methoni castle, Palamidi, Monemvasia, A nice example of fortifications are the old walls of Nicosia in cyprus as well.
>>704705555
Checked
>>704704910
Yep, it was almost certainly terrible. Because all of the 960 defenders of the fortress committed suicide. Well, technically they took turns killing each other, supposedly obly one guy committed suicide which is against Judaism. I thought murder was too, but that is the story, I just go with it.
The only thing worse might have been Tyre. Alexander the Great built a goddamn bridge to the foot of the fortress and then laid siege to it with two giant siege towers. During the initial battles the defenders of Tyre captured some Macedonian troops and executed them on the walls so the Macedonian army could see. Once Alexander got into the walls his army committed wholesale slaughter. Only the people who took refuge in a holy temple were spared. But 2000 people were crucified on the beach. Alexander didn't fucking play, and the people of Tyre saw the "demon king" coming for quite a long time.
>>704705312
>the "Tower of London"
>not a tower in sight
>>704713052
>>704705713
Montezuma's Castle, Verde Valley, AZ ?
>>704704102
Please OP, will you upload as a single file to megaupload or something, so I don't have to click and save everyone of them?
I absolutely love this stuff!
Great thread.
>>704715204
I just did. took less than 15 minutes.
>>704715204
Working on it
>>704715459
Oh, nice. Thank you man :)
>>704715620
you'z bout to encounter A LOT of castles kek. Like I said, I saved every single one.
>>704704288
fuck off
>>704715742
OP here (back from groceries), apparently someone else is also uploading. I have uploaded the first batch, but upload limit was reached quite fast. I will leave it to the other guy
>>704704751
kek
>>704715742
I love castles.
Found out there once was one a couple kilometres fom my home in denmark.
There is no more, but maybe I can find some old coins there when I buy a metal detector.
>>704716030
Btw I have only posted ~75% of the collection here, but I guess it's enough for now
>>704705873
>>704704906
I bet that thing got bombed into the ground by the IS because of a non-IS history.
>>704716030
oh good, what'd you get me? Yea, I am not the one who was requesting the megaupload, but I did enjoy the thread and I did click and save each one, 1 by 1, they all cool to me bro
>>704704767
now that's sweet
i like this one
>>704704228
Cause there are thousands of ruined forts from the thousands of years of world history you know nothing about.
>>704705111
Going there later this year.
>>704716137
Dude. Don't say that. Now i'm a dissapoint.
When will you post more?
>>704705201
Feminazi's
> I demand you put in a lift/elevator
> Not letting fat ugly people see the top is discrimination!
> I don't care if you have to ruin the beauty and wonder for everyone else!
>>704716221
You're welcome mate
>>704704906
what is Aleppo?
>>704706395
Pretty good idea to be honest. Would love to do something similar.
But land is expensive, building too.
>>704706415
fuckin turkroaches
>>704716557
Haha sorry man, another time. If you've saved every last one this far, you have gathered the best of the best already. Only Krak des Chevaliers is missing, I had a good pic but apparently the file was corrupted so couldn't upload and too lazy to search a new one
>>704716861
Oh, ok. But thanks man, this is gold! So awe-inspiring!
>>704717074
No problem, will post a few more because of your enthusiasm
>>704704704
>>704717116
thanks man :D
>>704707988
This fortress never was conquered btw.
The only person who climbed the wall was a chimney sweeper in 1848.
>>704706565
The original cheval de frise belonging to this one. Imagine running through those things
>>704717116
How did you gather all of these?
>>704713854
I like they are all piss wet though, like an added, fuck you, these are not just long in the face of a rock, but their slippery fuckers too.
Whose ready to invade lads?
>>704717274
Flat area on top was to sit the dragon riders, waiting for the right time to fly down.
>>704704603
>
avignon?
>>704717379
I've visited it last year, I've seen a lot of fortresses but this one is definitely in my top 5, it was very impressive.
>>704717451
Just Googling the best images I could find, over months I guess, just when I was bored. Some I've visited, others are still on the list
>>704717485
Imagine walking up in rainy season. Fuck I can't comprehend I have extra pictures for every detail haha
>>704717621
Yes
good god i am so impressed with hardcore buildings and intelligent creative driven endeavors btw i have not traveled much
>>704705201
That would suck ass to be a laborer building this
Well, that's it for now, hope you enjoyed.
>>704717720
cool.
I remember as a kid, when I were on vacation vith my parents and my brother and we went to different castles on our way through europe in the summers. Great memories. I was awestruck by the magnificence of these places.
>>704704418
Dubrovnik aka Kings Landing
Castle del Monte c 1300
>>704704102
Im liking this
This is Hammershus, on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Visited it several times when I was a kid.
It's northern europe's biggest casle ruin. It's amazing.
>>704719421
And another view
There is a museum there also, with its history and detailed models of how it looked.
>>704706089
You are just mad because muricans don't have cool castles.
>>704706535
would totally live here, looks comfy as fuck
>>704704523
Been there. It's pretty awesome. There's still a strong military presence there because the nation of Islam refuses to ever let it fall into enemy hands ever again. Kinda spooky, in a "crazy zealots" kind of way.
Thanks I. Really enjoyed and appreciated it.
>>704720052
Graag gedaan.
>>704708045
Its really impressive if you stand in front of it. Nothing to see until you reach the very end of the valley
Best thread, thanks OP
She was in use for almost 500 years continuously.
>>704717720
>I've visited it last year
where are you from?
>>704704102
More yes
>>704720622
Netherlands
>>704704983
I am not a star wars fan but I have to say that I am a little bit sad not seeing the death star
Where's Neuschwanstein Castle? I know it's not ancient or Medieval, but you included Hohenzollern which is nearby and around the same age.
Son I am disappoint.
>>704706663
The ones on the bottom would be bringing shit up to the top, not the other way round
>>704704374
One ship full of cannons and that thing is toast... maybe from a time before naval prowess.
>>704704418
Is there a just cause to building like this?
Egeskov castle, Denmark
there you go OP
that's Sveti Nikola aka Saint Nicholas
in Šibenik, Croatia
>>704721200
Walled city, it's tradition man, for protection. Read history.
>>704721131
>Because forts can't shoot back
>>704721313
Nice place for a holiday!
>>704721215
That's my country!
Thanks for sharing OP - pic limit!
>>704718785
this one looks sick
dunno why, but it does
>>704704950
I actually live very near this, beautiful
>>704721131
>one floating wooden thing of 50 meters in length max. versus 1 stone tower tens of meters high, walls several meters thick, packed with cannons and oh yes, a giant fort behind it.
>not sure if troll
>>704705710
edinburgh?
>>704721477
This used to be a place for techno/trance parties but city decided to turn it into tourist attraction, renovations should start this year
>>704704102
cannot help - that one looks painted
>>704721381
zozzle
>>704721477
Dog ikke op der har postet det.
>>704708503
no need to siege, just position a few men on the bridge and watch them all starve to death
>>704721924
Nåeh, jam' det er da klart.
Så var det også dig med Hammershus?
>>704722201
Ja det var ;)
Syntes lige jeg ville byde ind.
>>704719987
the nation of islam is an african american organization...
and muslims didn't control the site in the first place, jews did, in an era when muslims didn't even exist
>>704722177
>starve someone to death, with a few men
>while living on a stone bridge surrounded by sea, in the wind
>sieging a giant towering mountain fort in front of you, whose inhabitants are right in front of you within a minute
>a mountain fort with sea all around it, supplied by ships
The tactical mind of some people
>>704722451
Godt initiativ - for det var s'gu en go' tråd.
Awesome thread
>>704705802
why India toruist sites misinform, that Mehrangarh ever was involved in a battle?
there has never been a battle for the fort.
>>704704155
attack on titan
>>704721200
Protection agains invaders. Mostly invasions from muslims.
>>704723128
>The imprints of cannonball hits by attacking armies of Jaipur can still be seen on the second gate (wikipedia)
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>>704716575
You would be surprised I think. Every fort I've ever been to (only American Civil War era) didn't have elevators or anything. If you wanted to get on the battlements, there were stairs. Narrow winding stone and earth passageways, uneven ground because of the tracks for the supply carts. They keep shit authentic.
Even went to the USS Yorktown which is now a museum. You could go to the lower decks to see the authentic crew living quarters and stuff, down the insanely narrow and steep staircases, the same ones WW2 sailors used. Really cool.
>>704722177
when it's high tide the bridge is under water.
>>704721200
Cause of Bura
Goodbye best thread - I shall miss you.
>>704704983
I've never really like the design of the Kroot Warspheres.
>>704704983
>>704712750
No, it is missing X games ships.
