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Indeed. I thought it was a reference to many pentagonal forts from the Middle Ages, like Castel Sant'Angelo on the banks of the Tiber. https://upload.wikimedia
by SamBam 10y ago
Indeed. I thought it was a reference to many pentagonal forts from the Middle Ages, like Castel Sant'Angelo on the banks of the Tiber.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Castel-Sant%27Angelo_-_nolli_plan.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Castel-S...
- cestith 10y agoThey didn't stop building pentagonal and star forts in the Middle Ages. Some of the most important fortifications in US history are pentagon plus bastion star forts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter#/media/File:Fort_Sumter_Aerial_View.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter#/media/File:Fort_S... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McHenry#/media/File:Fort_McHenry_I.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McHenry#/media/File:Fort_...