Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 9:12 AM UTC

ux266478 wrote: post #200

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #169

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"Bro", the Parthenon is a temple. The Acropolis is a citadel . The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the mos…

The distinction does make sense, as castles (formally speaking) are medieval structures, but clearly that didn't matter because the map has other ancient acropoleis. Even putting that aside, the relationship between 'aκρόπολη' and 'castle' is a pretty trivial latent feature that a transformer is literally, mathematically designed to capture. Briefly interrogated an LLM on the matter and they struggled with the classi…

Post by pizzathyme » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC

philipwhiuk wrote: post #88

pizzathyme wrote: post #4

We just stayed in Dalhousie Castle, the oldest in Scotland. Very beautiful and well maintained, with lots of spooky history. If you want to leave a legacy, build something out of stone.

I mean no, it's not. Castle Sween was built in the 11th century (and might still not be the oldest). Dalhousie Castle was built in 1247 and the oldest bit of the surviving castle is from the 15th century. Most of it is from the 17th century. The roof is post-2004. The actual lesson is, if you want to leave a legacy, hope someone rebuilds it when it falls apart after you're gone.