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>Totally worth demolishing an ancient fort and levelling the hill it stood on to make room for it. 1780 CE isn't exactly ancient. As to whether it was "worth i
by rory096 7y ago
>Totally worth demolishing an ancient fort and levelling the hill it stood on to make room for it.
1780 CE isn't exactly ancient. As to whether it was "worth it," I imagine the intended benefits were more about providing somewhere to accommodate 8 million visitors to the city than the aesthetic preference of skyscrapers to forts. (Though personally, I don't see how it's 'ugly'.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajyad_Fortress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajyad_Fortress
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoMore recent than I remembered when the reports of the hill being flattened were doing the rounds when it was built, but it doesn't stand alone. Saudi has quite some considerable track record of clearing significant Muslim and historic sites to build yet another slab sided monstrosity[1]. Ugly is subjective, but to my eyes it's a large McMansion. Which would normally imply trying to look more expensive than it is, using random features and jarring or anachronistic details, but in this case with colossal budget that clearly doesn't apply. :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_heritage_sites_in_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_h...