Braavos is one of nine free cities, which lie east of the narrow sea. unlike the latter, Braavos has never been colonized by 'empire Valyria, thanks to the' prudence of the singers of the moon that guided the people to build the city into a place where dragons Valyria were never able to find it.
Because of this,for centuries has been dubbed the secret city, remaining relatively unknown to the rest of the world, until after the disaster Valyria, and the subsequent dissolution of his vast empire, it was decided that there was no longer any reason to remain hidden from the eyes the world.
puto from a topographical Braavos is a city built on more than a hundred islands,connected to each other by the arches of stone bridges that cross many channels. contrary to the king's landing which is spread over its three high hills, the secret city is spread horizontally and the only reliefs are those built by men, brick, granite, bronze and marble.
the houses are tall four or five floors and very narrow,with tiled roofs like pointed hats, some built over the water ways, transforming the channels into a sort of tunnel. others are real houseboats, generally belonging to the nobles of the place decorated with lanterns and colored glass, velvet curtains and elaborate figureheads.
for the transport of people through the city's canals,ensure tapered strange boats, with hulls in the form of water snakes, which instead of moving rowing, are driven by means of long poles manipulated by men placed aft. for the transport of goods, are used instead of flat-bottomed barges, drag by means of ropes directly from the mainland.
towering over houses and canals, has taken its course,a massive causeway, supported by three rows of arches gigantic aqueduct Braavos, which conveys potable water from the mainland, through the swamps and marshes.
overlooking the hundred islands in a bay protected by two arms cordillera stony, steep ups and steep pine-covered soldiers and bushes blacks.the only way through is to enter and to exit the bay, is a narrow passage between the two arms of rock, on which towers above the legendary titan of Braavos, one foot planted on each mountain, legs spread in an arc on the gap and the huge shoulders that exceed the highest rock spiers.
the function of the titan is purely defensive:the stone giant is in fact a sort of guard tower on the sea, dotted with slits for archers and defensive gates, protected by iron bars, which would reduce to mush the unwary ship wishing to cross the gap without their permission.
purely strategic addition to this aspect, the Titan is a construction frightening: the legs are carved out of solid stone,the same black granite seamounts on which it stands, and around the hips wearing a short skirt which completes the greenish bronze breastplate, also of bronze, while the head has a half helmet crest. a hand is resting on the rocky ridge to his left, bronze fingers of a rostrum, the other is stretched out to the sky,tightly around the hilt of a broken sword. behind the holes for the eyes are always on the torches, which from a distance give the impression that the Titan has a vitality of its own, with its fearful eyes blazing.
why the braavosiani have chosen to build a tower with forms of a titan, instead of a virgin or a wise old man, is clear:any soldier even the bravest can not be intimidated by having to go between the legs of this creature gigantic and horrendous.
likewise seems obvious, that the legends on Titan, which is said to be fed with the pink flesh of noble girls, and takes magically to life when the city is in danger,have been put about by its braavosiani, as ever more astute in understanding that their stone monster scares, can sleep more soundly.
in the calm waters of the bay shortly after passing the Titan, there is another mountain , on which stands a cluster of stone, bristling with bolts, stone forts full of scorpions, fire-eaters and catapults.'s arsenal of Braavos is strategically placed to give the coup de grace to any enemy ships that were able to ride out the Titan.
from the religious point of view Braavos is a veritable pantheon: all the gods of the world are venerated in the city, each with their temple.
the temple of the singers of the moon is a giant mass of white marble,visible from the lagoon, topped with a silver dome equally gigantic.
R'hllor red is worshiped in a building of red stone, austere as a fortress. on top of the tower a fire burns in a perennial iron brazier, and smaller fires burning on either side of the entrance doors.
the father of the water is given a temporary home,which is incorporated by water every time he takes his wife (when the tide rises) and then rebuilt.
the temple beyond the sea, is reserved for the worship of the seven gods, but is almost always empty, except for a few rare visit made by the sailors of the western continent, stationed in Braavos.
the sacred refuge is a huge brick structure covered with festoons of lichen,and the sight looks very poor, so they seem more than a temple an abandoned warehouse. in this strange temple also called "the labyrinth" the braavosiani pay homage to the little ones of the world has forgotten.
all other gods are relegated to less important on an island in the middle of the city. and 'right here, among so many others that the seat of the god of a thousand faces,whose temple of dark gray stone, stands on a rocky outcrop, with no windows.
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