Burghaus Castle, Bavaria, Germany -- You'd expect a fortification with 6 courtyards to have 6 rings of a circle. As attackers breached a wall, they'd find another. This is not the case here in the longest fortress in Europe (1043 meters -- over a kilometer or about 2/3rds of a mile in length). Instead, two river branches and a nearly vertical ascent make the approach here from the east the only practical way to attack. The result is a fort built like peas in a pod -- with each pea separated by a drawbridge. To get to the duke at the far west end, you'd have to breach his defences 6 times.The sculpture is by an Austrian named Reinhard Jordan and is called "Ei." Today art has replaced warfare as the mission of this space.
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