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This is human tradition, especially urban tradition. To raise the elevation of the city, and reuse the prior construction as the foundation and basement of the
by gen220 3y ago
This is human tradition, especially urban tradition. To raise the elevation of the city, and reuse the prior construction as the foundation and basement of the next. The old town in Naples has a section that is contoured in a half-circle arc to align with a Roman amphitheater that now serves as its foundation. Reduce reuse recycle used to be taken much more seriously. :)
- regularfry 3y agoThe Basilica Cistern in Istanbul is a great example too. The cistern itself is Roman, but they used bits of even older buildings to build it.