[OSM-talk] Castles and Palaces
Ekkehart at gmx.de
Ekkehart at gmx.de
Fri Jun 5 15:33:39 BST 2009
Hi!
> > Corrected sentence from above: There is no need to use Burg, hrad,
> linna, Chateau fort, zamek etc. with roughly the same meaning when you can
> describe all of them adequeately as a castle with defensive character.
>
> that's why there is one single suggestion for them:
> "castle_type=burg", which is an established term for defensive castles
> from the middleages (11th-16th century) that can be found throughout
> central europe and that follow a certain typology. This term is
> already in use and has 74 occurances in tagwatch.
And which is misleading for non-German speakers as just demonstrated on this list. :-)
bye
Nop
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