Comments on: Star Forts http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:40:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hiller http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-432076 hiller Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:51:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-432076 Don't forget the Castillo de San Marcos here in St. Augustine FL! http://www.dwyeraerialphotography.com/images/fort.jpg Don't forget the Castillo de San Marcos here in St. Augustine FL!

http://www.dwyeraerialphotography.com/images/fort.jpg

]]> By: king20878 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-432048 king20878 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:55:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-432048 Pudifoot> It allows defenders to fire on anyone attacking adjacent walls. So if you attack almost any place on the fort, you would end up taking fire from at least three sides. Pudifoot> It allows defenders to fire on anyone attacking adjacent walls. So if you attack almost any place on the fort, you would end up taking fire from at least three sides.

]]> By: Pudifoot http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-431337 Pudifoot Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:40:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-431337 I wonder what the reasoning behind the star shape is. is it easier to defend? I wonder what the reasoning behind the star shape is. is it easier to defend?

]]> By: fourtwenty http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-431247 fourtwenty Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:02:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-431247 ever seen star forts on weed? ever seen star forts on weed?

]]> By: Stu http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-431072 Stu Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:02:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-431072 I actually used lived in a place like that called Hulst in Southern Holland for 8 years. You can check out a picture of it here: http://www.zeelandnet.nl/weblog/data/cvg/item_images/img_1095590053549.jpg On google maps Hulst is here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hulst&sll=52.293257,5.160656&sspn=0.038952,0.063858&ie=UTF8&ll=51.280723,4.053698&spn=0.009959,0.015965&t=h&z=16&om=0 My dad also lived in a similar place near Amsterdam called Naarden: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=NAARDEN&sll=51.351201,-0.933838&sspn=5.092141,8.173828&ie=UTF8&ll=52.295593,5.163059&spn=0.019475,0.031929&t=h&z=15&om=0 I actually used lived in a place like that called Hulst in Southern Holland for 8 years. You can check out a picture of it here: http://www.zeelandnet.nl/weblog/data/cvg/item_images/img_1095590053549 .jpg

On google maps Hulst is here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hulst&sll=52.293257,5 .160656&sspn=0.038952,0.063858&ie=UTF8&ll=51.280723,4.053698&spn=0.009 959,0.015965&t=h&z=16&om=0

My dad also lived in a similar place near Amsterdam called Naarden: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=NAARDEN&sll=51.351201  ,-0.933838&sspn=5.092141,8.173828&ie=UTF8&ll=52.295593,5.163059&spn=0 .019475,0.031929&t=h&z=15&om=0

]]> By: MoonCake http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430882 MoonCake Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:26:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430882 these are so beautiful. i love star shapes because they can be simple and intricate at the same time. these are so beautiful. i love star shapes because they can be simple and intricate at the same time.

]]> By: Florent http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430717 Florent Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:48:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430717 Edward Khoo > Most of them were built during 17th and 18th centuries, the engineers of this period already had all the required tools to trace such figures. The forts don't use a lot of stones, their "walls" use dirt (it's more efficient for the absorption of cannonball's impacts). In France a lot of them were built under the supervision of Vauban, during the reign of Louis XIV. Edward Khoo > Most of them were built during 17th and 18th centuries, the engineers of this period already had all the required tools to trace such figures. The forts don't use a lot of stones, their "walls" use dirt (it's more efficient for the absorption of cannonball's impacts).

In France a lot of them were built under the supervision of Vauban, during the reign of Louis XIV.

]]> By: Limey http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430691 Limey Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:48:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430691 I've got a pretty one for ya: http://www.enjoyengland.com/stay/ProductDetail.aspx?Sec=Attractions&Pid=136401 I've got a pretty one for ya:

http://www.enjoyengland.com/stay/ProductDetail.aspx?Sec=Attractions&Pi d=136401

]]> By: Edward Khoo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430600 Edward Khoo Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:01:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430600 Wonder how did they managed to build it? Wonder how did they managed to build it?

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430586 Alex Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:49:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430586 I <3 deputydog, he's awesome. Wonder where he gets all this ideas... I <3 deputydog, he's awesome. Wonder where he gets all this ideas...

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430550 Miss Cellania Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:17:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430550 Thanks, Adam! Fixed. Thanks, Adam! Fixed.

]]> By: Adam Fuhrer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430546 Adam Fuhrer Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:03:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430546 Oh and Miss Cellania, I think you are missing a "y" in deputydog. In the description you put. Oh and Miss Cellania, I think you are missing a "y" in deputydog. In the description you put.

]]> By: Adam Fuhrer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/comment-page-1/#comment-430544 Adam Fuhrer Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:01:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/02/star-forts/#comment-430544 Great post, deputy-dog! :) Great post, deputy-dog! :)

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