r/interestingasfuck • u/The_Love-Tap • 22h ago

Germany has more castles than the United States has McDonald’s. This is the Eltz castle, located in Wiershem. It has been owned and occupied by the same family for 33 generations over 800 years

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u/AnaphoricReference 15h ago

Not in the Netherlands. Since stone doesn't naturally occur here it is carried off immediately.

Mesolithic dolmens. Roman ruins. Castles. They were usually just business until late 18th century. At best they left a drawing.

Ramparts and artificial mounds weren't safe either. Dirt was always big business. We still import a lot of sand and basalt stone for construction.

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u/Cocosito 5h ago

As a native of the American West I have never considered that there are places without stone.

What does that even mean? Like it's just soil all the way down? It's just not accessible or there are other conditions that prevent quarrying?

So many questions . . .

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u/TeamZweitstudium 2h ago

Read up on how they built Venice. I hope it's a nice rabbit hole for you