In a Emilia, if anyone else was wondering, close to San Marino and the border with Marche.
And this is borderline the wrong sub for it since that's no ruin. That's a fully intact and maintained fort.
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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.
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I'm not gonna lay siege to a castle that belongs to a lion backed by God
These always seem like a great way to defend from a siege. But I always wonder how long before they starve you out? I suppose there some area to grow food and you could keep some small livestock like chickens. I assume you can’t dig a well. Does it rain frequently enough for you to collect rainwater? Someone posted a similar mountain fort recently and I wondered the same thing.
Typically, a siege would only last a few months. The goal of the defenders is to last long enough to either pressure the besiegers to move on, or to allow allied forces to rally and relieve the siege.
Storage would be the main source of water and sustenance; there generally wouldn't be enough time to grow anything. Water would sometimes become short in longer sieges.
Give me twenty good men Nd some climbing spikes, and I'll impregnate the bitch.