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Not bad engineering to make it through a handful of civil wars, a Blitz, and a couple thousand V-1 rockets mostly intact. You have to wonder how long all the st
by ipnon 11mo ago
Not bad engineering to make it through a handful of civil wars, a Blitz, and a couple thousand V-1 rockets mostly intact. You have to wonder how long all the steel and concrete that's been laid around the Thames from our civilization will last.
- ahazred8ta 11mo agoThere's a Templar fortress in Lebanon that was occupied by militants a few years ago. 800 years old and still being used for its intended purpose.
- 2b3a51 11mo agoThere is a Templar church in London off Fleet Street as well, and again, being used as intended. Plus the crypt of St Bride's has a Roman pavement to look at. Nice and quiet down there.
- willvarfar 11mo agoMost of the wall has been plundered for stone and to make way for new development over the past millennium. Its not conflict that has destroyed 2 miles of a 6m high 3m thick wall, it's peace :)