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minus-squareLive Your Lives@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 个月前What’s with the huge slope in front of the walls?
minus-squareNastybutler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 个月前I was wondering why they built them like that too. Seems like you’re encouraging invaders to come over the walls
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 个月前Later additions called a glacis, ita hardened rammed earth with stone over it in most cases and it’s used to deflect cannon balls away from the walls. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacis
What’s with the huge slope in front of the walls?
I was wondering why they built them like that too. Seems like you’re encouraging invaders to come over the walls
Later additions called a glacis, ita hardened rammed earth with stone over it in most cases and it’s used to deflect cannon balls away from the walls.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacis