Mrstrategy Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 How long would it take to build the castles of winterfell or dragonstone with no magic in real life in medieval Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyn Oakenfist Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Quite a lot, though I think it would finish before TWOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Qohor Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 9 hours ago, Mrstrategy said: How long would it take to build the castles of winterfell or dragonstone with no magic in real life in medieval Europe? It's difficult to say as a lot of european castles were built with a fairly basic structure at first and then added to and improved over the centuries. Something like Winterfell would never be built in its current form all at once. For instance, Malbork Castle in Poland is one of the biggest castle complexes in Europe and it probably took around two decades to build but was also expanded several times over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hairy bear Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 The time that took to build Dragonstone is particularly difficult to assess, since we are told that it was build using Valyrian sorcery, liquefying the stones to shape them at will. But we have the reference of the Red Keep. FiB tells us that Aegon ordered to begin the construction of the Red Keep in 35 AC, and Maegors finishes at 45 AC. So that's 10 years. As @Lady_Qohor explains, though, in all likelihood additional improvements were added in the following centuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamiloRP Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 hours ago, The hairy bear said: The time that took to build Dragonstone is particularly difficult to assess, since we are told that it was build using Valyrian sorcery, liquefy the stones to shape them at will. But we have the reference of the Red Keep. FiB tells us that Aegon ordered to begin the construction of the Red Keep in 35 AC, and Maegors finishes at 45 AC. So that's 10 years. As @Lady_Qohor explains, though, in all likelihood additional improvements were added in the following centuries. At the very least we know Cersei remodeled a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyn Oakenfist Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 6 hours ago, CamiloRP said: At the very least we know Cersei remodeled a bit. Only a bit. Don't worry, hopefully she'll do a bit more remodeling now that Jaime isn't around to slay the King/Queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baruin stark snow Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 It woukd seem.to me that winterfell was built over a long period of time a section here section there. As more ppl would come to winterfell during winter causing need for expansion until wi ter town just spills out of the castle into the land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 2:43 AM, Alyn Oakenfist said: Quite a lot, though I think it would finish before TWOW ADOS is fitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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