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Originally Posted by kool maudit
But yeah, Scandinavia is young. It lacks that Roman link and consequently has a bit of a "halfway" feeling relative to North America vs. Italy or France or something.
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Nonsense; people have been living in Scandinavia for 11,000 years or something.
I guess I like to look at things from an anthropological point of view; I could care less about buildings that are still standing. Old Town Stockholm, for example. It has a medieval street pattern but most of the buildings date from the 1500s and 1600s, no? The layout is medieval, but the look of the buildings is not. People don't seem to realize that most medieval buildings were made of wood, and wouldn't have lasted long, and were constantly being destroyed by fires anyway. The only buildings made of stone were fortresses, castles and cathedrals.
That's how I approach the history of native villages where I live in southern California. The Los Angeles basin was full of them. Every place has an ancient history.
This is why I value natural landscapes and landmarks, like hills, mountains, etc. The ancients saw those very same things, and probably revered/worshipped them, or at least gave significant meaning to them.