EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Bologna was a city full of towers between the 12th and the 13th centurylemmy.worldimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1513arrow-down1imageTIL Bologna was a city full of towers between the 12th and the 13th centurylemmy.worldEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewitty_username@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84·2 months ago“The reasons for the construction of so many towers are not clear. One hypothesis is that the richest families used them for offensive/defensive purposes during the period of the investiture Controversy”
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 months agoAnother hypothesis is that the city was taken over by wizards.
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoHey, just because they use magic doesn’t mean they’re wizards. The biggest investiture tower, Urithiru, is actually associated with paladins
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoNah, they just used them to show off. My tower is bigger than yours.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYeah, somebody of influence built one, and the rest of the city that could afford to just followed. The TikTok Stanley Cup craze of the 1100s.
minus-squarevonxylofon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoKeeping up with the Giovannis.
“The reasons for the construction of so many towers are not clear. One hypothesis is that the richest families used them for offensive/defensive purposes during the period of the investiture Controversy”
Another hypothesis is that the city was taken over by wizards.
I choose to believe this one.
Hey, just because they use magic doesn’t mean they’re wizards. The biggest investiture tower, Urithiru, is actually associated with paladins
Nah, they just used them to show off. My tower is bigger than yours.
Yeah, somebody of influence built one, and the rest of the city that could afford to just followed.
The TikTok Stanley Cup craze of the 1100s.
Keeping up with the Giovannis.