... type of site, on a cliff or a hill, was considered ideal for a castle.( Eco, 1983) Sometimes castles were built on a cliffside because of the psychological as well as the physical effect of impregnability.( Eco, 1983) Adso notes his impression that the castle merged with the rock in such a way that "the cliff ... its original architectural character and communicates its original message. Other design elements of the Aedificium also speak this same language of defense. The four towers, which remind Adso of the two Italian castles, are structural commonplaces, although instead of being hep...

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