All the people who have come to the world from time immemorial have wanted to leave their name in the pages of history. Because only history can prove the existence of human beings. All the wonderful installations of the world existed in the Middle Ages. The idea of the Middle Ages was not popular until the sixteenth century. But like the ancient age, there were seven wonders in that age. Let's learn about the seven wonders of the Middle Ages.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. Built in the Neolithic Age, the installation is so old that not much is known about it. It is located 3 km south of the modern city of Amesbury in England and 6 km north of Salisbury. Stonehenge is basically a ring-shaped monument made of steep stone.
Various studies have shown that this space has evolved continuously for about 10,000 years. The structure we now see or know as "Stonehenge" was built about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago and is only part of a larger sacred site. Its original structure was 15 times larger than the current "Stonehenge".
The largest rocks in Stonehenge, known as "sarsen", have an average height of about 30 meters and a weight of about 25 tons. The rocks are believed to have been brought from Marlborough, 32 kilometers north of Stonehenge. The small stones known as blustone weigh up to 4 tons. When the stones are broken or adulterated, a bluish tinge is seen. These are brought from various places in West Wales at a distance of 225 km. But it is still unknown how they brought these stones so far without any technology so long ago.
Colosseum
The roofless stage in the Italian capital, Rome, is called the Colosseum. The four-storied, much-rounded stage still amazes people with its architectural style. Vespasian, emperor of the Ferias dynasty, set about building it in 60–72 AD. He originally built the building for public meetings and drama festivals. Named MF-Theatrium Favium. He died suddenly while building up to three floors in seven years.
Then his son Titus came to power. He was one of the cruelest emperors in the world. The rest of the work of the amphitheater was completed in 60 AD by his hand. He also redesigned the building. Thousands of animals, slaves and convicts were kept here to be sacrificed through war. However, Titus changed his father's name to Colosseum. The Colosseum is an elliptical structure 179 m long and 156 m wide. Its main area is six acres. The height of the outer walls is 48 meters and the perimeter is basically 545 meters.
Rome was once called the City of Blood and Murder because of the Colosseum. What many in the world may not know is that the soil of the Colosseum is soaked in the blood of millions of political prisoners, prisoners of war, slaves and helpless people on death row. The last breath of the dead is mixed in every brick-wood-stone of the strange structure building. This Colosseum of special construction style still stands today as a silent witness to the history of that horrific, heinous and deadly double war that has been going on for centuries. Many parts of the building were severely damaged by the earthquake many times. Several times it was repaired.
Tomb of Kim L. Sokafar
Located in Alexandria, Kom El Shakafa is one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. According to archaeologists, this underground tomb of Kom El Shakafar is the largest tomb in the Greco-Roman period. And it is only natural that what has been hidden for centuries in this underground tomb, discovered in an ancient and prosperous city like Alexandria, will be filled with various ancient arts and cultures.
According to various researchers, this place was originally used only as the family graveyard of a certain family. But later, for some unknown reason, it was enlarged and opened up to others. However, this is not the only cemetery in Alexandria. Rather it was a part of a huge necropolis known as the ‘City of the Dead’. This necropolis or city of the dead was on the west side of the city, which at one time was destroyed for some reason. The only thing that survives is this low L Shakafa under the ground.
Great Wall of China
Who doesn't know about the Great Wall of China? It is located in China, the most populous country in the world. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This amazing and longest wall in the world has a length of about 2695 kilometers and a height of 4.58 to 9.2 meters or about 15 to 30 feet. It is about 9.75 meters wide or 32 feet wide. It is said that 12 pairs of horses could walk together on the Great Wall of China.
The history of the wall
The wall was built to protect China's northern border from the 5th century BC to the 16th century AD. The work, which began in 221 BC, took about 15 years to complete. Which is made of bricks and stones. Many similar walls were built around this time, but from 220 BC to 200 BC.
The most famous is the wall built during the Middle Ages under Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.
It is located just north of the current wall and very little remains of it. King Xi Huang, the first emperor of China, first used it and built a long wall to protect his empire from the enemy.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a building in the province of Pisa, Italy. This minaret was built for the purpose of ringing bells. It has a huge popularity and reputation all over the world due to its one-sided tilt. From the beginning of the construction, the tower gradually tilted from one side. The height of the eight-storey minaret is about 57 meters from the ground. Its total weight is about 14,500 tons. After the construction of the third floor of the minaret was completed in 116 AD, it started to tilt.
Building its foundation at a depth of only three meters in soft soil has been identified as the main reason for the tower's tilt. Besides, the design of the minaret is also responsible for this. Construction of the infrastructure was also closed for hundreds of years. Because the inhabitants of Pisa were often at war with Genoa, Lucca, and Florence.
It is currently tilted at an angle of about 3.99 degrees. It has 294 stairs. Significant steps have been taken to protect this infrastructure to prevent it from tilting and collapsing. For twenty-one years a temporary platform was built around it. The last stage was removed on April 26, 2011. This allows the minaret to be seen properly again.
Nankin's porcelain tower
The porcelain temple tower in Nanjing, China, which is listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, still stands tall in its glory. Today it is considered the best religious monument in the entire East. Thousands of tourists visit Nanjing every year to see the splendor and beauty of this unique medieval monument. This tower is a symbol of great respect and pride, especially to Buddhists.
The porcelain tower, located on the east bank of the Yangtze River in Nanjing, the capital of China's Jiangsu Province, was built in the early 1500s. This famous temple is built on an octagonal base. The circumference of the foundation is 96 feet. It is built in the shape of a pyramid. The nine-storey tower is 280 feet high. Nanjing is an ancient historical and cultural city in China. The tower was originally built to showcase the heritage and beauty of this important city to the world. It ranks among the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages for its exquisite architectural style. The Chinese called it the Temple of Gratitude. Later European tourists named it 'The Porcelain Tower of Nanking'.
Hajia Sophia Mosque
The last of the seven wonders of the Middle Ages was St. Sophia Mosque. The construction work of the joyous architecture began in 360 AD! Although nothing remains of that ancient shrine, new history has been written on that foundation more than once. Hagia Sophia means Holy Wisdom, originally an Orthodox church that began its journey into the bosom of antiquity in 562, and after playing that role for centuries, was converted into a Catholic church in 1204.
But only a few decades later, in 1281, the Orthodox flag flew there again, but two hundred years later, the Turks captured the Roman capital on horseback, the Byzantine Empire fell, and the Ottoman rule began. There, Hagia Sophia was tasked with running the royal mosque, nicknamed the Aesopia in Turkish, which lasted until 1931, when a young Turk named Mustafa Kemal surprised the world by inspiring the whole nation with the mantra of modernity, the fall of the Ottomans. Dear poet Kazi Nazrul wrote with great enthusiasm to give - Kamal, Tune Kamal Kiya Bhai!
Mustafa Kemal, who is still known throughout Turkey as Atatুrk or the Father of Turkey, turned Hagia Sophia into a magnificent museum, opened to the public as if living history, strictly forbidding Muslims and Christians from worshiping inside the installation, all over the world. People started coming from to see the witness of history.
