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.
Given the brick walls - for that scale of structure I assume thick tapered walls - and the many rooms, I think the temperature in many of the rooms to be cool and pleasant.
Yes. That heavy masonry construction so the innermost rooms would indeed be chilly. They most likely had the corridors and doors situated as such to promote equilibrium of temperature. They were smarter back then than you might imagine. The book, "The Ten Books of Architecture" by Vitruvius is quite an eye opener.
Prime Lego subject material right there.
ReplyDeleteLet's turn it into cinderblocks. 1 500 pounder might do it.
ReplyDeleteYeah lets, genius.
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DeleteBe interesting to see the inside of that structure. How many rooms, their size(s), hallways, stairs, etc. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteNo AC. So, no.
ReplyDeleteGiven the brick walls - for that scale of structure I assume thick tapered walls - and the many rooms, I think the temperature in many of the rooms to be cool and pleasant.
ReplyDeleteYes. That heavy masonry construction so the innermost rooms would indeed be chilly. They most likely had the corridors and doors situated as such to promote equilibrium of temperature. They were smarter back then than you might imagine. The book, "The Ten Books of Architecture" by Vitruvius is quite an eye opener.
Deleteghostsniper you're a man of contrasts.
DeleteCrassly nasty about female pictures here but an appreciation for architecture.
But then again you're a CAD man.