Fort Mactridae

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Fort Mactridae was a snow fort built by Aurora Twinkle. It was the first Yusienian building to countian arch structure, but the arches are only used for decoration. It was built under the name of Amazonia, the official name of Yusienia back then. The fort is a monument to raise awareness on climate change in Yusienia and the world.

Flag of Amazonia flying at Fort Mactridae

Background

In January 2022, heavy snow fell in Southeastern Europe. There is enough snow to build massive snow buildings. To defend against a possible snowball attack by local micronations, Twinkle planned to build a fortification.

Construction

At ten o'clock in the morning of 25 January, Twinkle began to build the snow fort near Nea Emesa. After about 2 hours, she finished building, at this time, the fortress already has a defensive function, but it was not attacked as expected, then she added a few decorations and made the fort as a piece of art that call attention to the climate change. She had originally planned to build taller walls and a roof, but this plan was cancelled because she was exhausted and lack for tools.

Architecture

The fort was roughly circular with a diameter of about 3 meters. The walls of the fort was about over 1 meter high and made of small snowballs. The entrance was on the north side of the fort, and the walls near the entrance were the highest. A section of the wall near the entrance extends into the interior of the fort and was used as a base for the flagpole. There were some ridges and arches decorated around the fort. Twinkle think the fort does not similar to any existing architectural style, anyway it looks like the organic archtectural style.

Demolition

On 27 January UTC, the Fort Mactridae melted and collapsed due to rising temperatures and salt spread by Greek snowplows.