ITT, post old maps of your city

ITT, post old maps of your city

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Delhi in 1850s

Delhi in late 1800s

Delhi after revamp by Lutyens

Delhi Now

NAH NIGGA! YOU AIN'T TAKING THIS BUTT BOOTY WARRIOR!

Old:

New:

City? why not the whole fucking empire?

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Here is Norrköping old.

Norrköping new.

EEEYYY PEKING!

Have Norrköping burned down or something?

It has in the past yes. By the Russians etc. I think the city has been completely destroyed 3 times, badly damages 6-7 times.
Mostly because the royal family had a massive castle here, Johannisborg. One of the strongest fortifications in Sweden.
But now we are bigger than ever. 120 000+ people live here.

And this is all that is left of the Johannisborg castle today. A single gate house.

...

Another pic.

What happened to it? Stockholm person here, never heard of Johannisborg.

The royal family had moved to Stockholm and abandoned the caste to some low ranking lord.
All funding was cut and it decayed.
In 1719 the Russians attacked with massive forces and burned Norrköping city down to the ground. Again..
1720 people started taking the now useless castle apart and used it for rebuilding the city.

Damn that's sad. Looked like it was a impressive beast of a castle before.

It was. I did my history thesis on it.

saved into reaction pic folder

Kek just realized it.
Fitting expression for it's fate.