And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Butcher’s Guildhall of Hildesheim, originally built in 1529
The Butcher's Guild had some money!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good example of how they built when the taxman charged by the square footage (at the ground!)...
ReplyDeleteI see five cheats.
DeleteThem cheats are called cantilevers and in Cape Coral, FL they charge for them. Same with corbels.
DeleteTinder.
ReplyDeleteNot anymore; they rebuilt it, (re-)construction finished in 1989
DeleteWhat part of africa is that?
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