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It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building, but then again I guess that applies to a large part of the city as well. One al

by make3 4mo ago

It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building, but then again I guess that applies to a large part of the city as well. One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers. The burning of the library of Alexandria is such an incredible sadness

cubefox 4mo ago
> One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers. You might be interested in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, a historical novel about such a lost work.
- Zardoz84 4mo ago
  Also, the movie was good. And the 8-bit era game was very popular.
  - cubefox 4mo ago
    I didn't know there was a game. The movie is great, but it focuses on the crime plot and unfortunately leaves most of the historical/philosophical/linguistic meat out, which is not surprising when you compress a 500 page book into a 100 page screenplay. I guess an adventure game would actually be more suitable for incorporating some of the things the film left out.
    - pezezin 4mo ago
      The game is called La Abadía del Crimen and as far as I know was only released in Spain and never translated to any other language, so even though it is a cult classic in Spain, it is pretty much unknown outside.
      - cubefox 4mo ago
        Apparently there is a remake which was also translated into a few other languages: https://store.steampowered.com/app/474030/The_Abbey_of_Crime_Extensum/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/474030/The_Abbey_of_Crime...
vasco 4mo ago
> It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building, but then again I guess that applies to a large part of the city as well. In some places in Italy, Greece, Malta, probably others I don't know, people always joke that you shouldn't try to ever do any renovations lest you end up finding something and lose your house. Some places you're almost guaranteed to find stuff if you just dig once or twice.
- arethuza 4mo ago
  There is a wonderful museum it the Italian city of Lecce that started when someone went to fix some plumbing in their house and ended up finding so much amazing historical stuff that they ended up opening the house as a museum: https://www.museofaggiano.it/en/home/ https://www.museofaggiano.it/en/home/ And that's just one house in one city in one country! Edit: I strongly recommend the museum, Lecce and indeed all of Puglia!
  - contingencies 4mo ago
    Thanks for the recommendation. What else would you highlight in Puglia for food/nature/history?
    - arethuza 4mo ago
      The whole region is awesome for food and wine - we did a walk (over few days) from Santa Maria di Leuca to Otranto - sometimes along the coast and sometimes in paths through the lovely countryside. We started and ended that trip in Lecce - staying in a few agriturismos along the way, all of which had sublime food. We've also been to Bari as well - which has a lovely old town as does Otranto - where the town centre is basically one large fortress. One very pleasant surprise we had was using the Frecciarossa express train - we had two business class seats for a journey of a couple of hours and it was less than 50 euros and it was extremely comfortable!
      - contingencies 4mo ago
        I was really looking for some points of interest rather than a tale of walking and sitting, but thanks anyway.
ninjalanternshk 4mo ago
By not excavating the whole city they leave work for future archaeologists. :)
irdc 4mo ago
> It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building There's a very good reason for that: archaeological techniques improve all the time. The idea here is to leave something for future archaeologists.
damnitbuilds 4mo ago
Excavation with our soon-to-be-outdated techniques is needless destruction. We should only excavate what is about to be destroyed. ( And we shouldn't destroy stuff just to put up yet another shitty modern building. )
- M95D 4mo ago
  > now Paris wants to soften the hot, bare square in front of it with trees and shade. It's not a building.
  - damnitbuilds 4mo ago
    It was a general point.
gom_jabbar 4mo ago
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by make3 4mo ago

cubefox 4mo ago

> One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers. You might be interested in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, a historical novel about such a lost work.

Zardoz84 4mo ago
Also, the movie was good. And the 8-bit era game was very popular.
- cubefox 4mo ago
  I didn't know there was a game. The movie is great, but it focuses on the crime plot and unfortunately leaves most of the historical/philosophical/linguistic meat out, which is not surprising when you compress a 500 page book into a 100 page screenplay. I guess an adventure game would actually be more suitable for incorporating some of the things the film left out.
  - pezezin 4mo ago
    The game is called La Abadía del Crimen and as far as I know was only released in Spain and never translated to any other language, so even though it is a cult classic in Spain, it is pretty much unknown outside.
    - cubefox 4mo ago
      Apparently there is a remake which was also translated into a few other languages: https://store.steampowered.com/app/474030/The_Abbey_of_Crime_Extensum/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/474030/The_Abbey_of_Crime...

vasco 4mo ago

> It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building, but then again I guess that applies to a large part of the city as well. In some places in Italy, Greece, Malta, probably others I don't know, people always joke that you shouldn't try to ever do any renovations lest you end up finding something and lose your house. Some places you're almost guaranteed to find stuff if you just dig once or twice.

arethuza 4mo ago
There is a wonderful museum it the Italian city of Lecce that started when someone went to fix some plumbing in their house and ended up finding so much amazing historical stuff that they ended up opening the house as a museum: https://www.museofaggiano.it/en/home/ https://www.museofaggiano.it/en/home/ And that's just one house in one city in one country! Edit: I strongly recommend the museum, Lecce and indeed all of Puglia!
- contingencies 4mo ago
  Thanks for the recommendation. What else would you highlight in Puglia for food/nature/history?
  - arethuza 4mo ago
    The whole region is awesome for food and wine - we did a walk (over few days) from Santa Maria di Leuca to Otranto - sometimes along the coast and sometimes in paths through the lovely countryside. We started and ended that trip in Lecce - staying in a few agriturismos along the way, all of which had sublime food. We've also been to Bari as well - which has a lovely old town as does Otranto - where the town centre is basically one large fortress. One very pleasant surprise we had was using the Frecciarossa express train - we had two business class seats for a journey of a couple of hours and it was less than 50 euros and it was extremely comfortable!
    - contingencies 4mo ago
      I was really looking for some points of interest rather than a tale of walking and sitting, but thanks anyway.

ninjalanternshk 4mo ago

By not excavating the whole city they leave work for future archaeologists. :)

irdc 4mo ago

> It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building There's a very good reason for that: archaeological techniques improve all the time. The idea here is to leave something for future archaeologists.

damnitbuilds 4mo ago

Excavation with our soon-to-be-outdated techniques is needless destruction. We should only excavate what is about to be destroyed. ( And we shouldn't destroy stuff just to put up yet another shitty modern building. )

M95D 4mo ago
> now Paris wants to soften the hot, bare square in front of it with trees and shade. It's not a building.
- damnitbuilds 4mo ago
  It was a general point.

gom_jabbar 4mo ago

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