Glossary entry

Czech term or phrase:

kyklopske zdivo

English translation:

cyclopean masonry

Added to glossary by Melinda Reidinger
Mar 15, 2006 15:12
18 yrs ago
Czech term

kyklopske zdivo

Czech to English Tech/Engineering Architecture folk architecture
describing "romantic" elements in a hacienda-style chata in a river valley near Prague

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cyclopean masonry

Often found in ancient cultures, characterized by huge irregular stones laid without mortar and without any form of coursing. (In Greek mythology, the Cyclopes were the three one-eyed Titans who forged thunderbolts for Zeus, or were the race of one-eyed giants descended from the Titans.) Example: Acropolis at Mycenae, Greece

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-03-15 15:21:15 GMT)
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Also please see the reference in Britannica on-line: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9028380?tocId=9028380&q...
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cyclopean masonry

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agree Sarka Rubkova
31 mins
Thanks.
agree lingua chick
57 mins
Thanks, lindua chick.
agree Marek Buchtel
5 hrs
Dakujem,Marek.
agree Martina Silpoch
22 hrs
Dakujem, Martina.
agree kurecova
1 day 4 hrs
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1 day 3 hrs

cobweb masonry

AKA cyclopean masonry and polygonal masonry
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