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    The document discusses fractals in architecture and provides two examples: Castel del Monte and Rajarani Temple. [1] Castel del Monte has an octagonal design with the main central octagon and smaller octagonal towers on the edges, replicating the shape at different scales. [2] Rajarani Temple's tower over the sanctum rises in a beehive shape with smaller miniature towers merging seamlessly, resembling a mountain range with peaks surrounded by smaller mountains. Both structures exhibit self-similarity through the repetition of shapes at different scales, reflecting the use of fractal geometry in their architectural designs.

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    The document discusses fractals in architecture and provides two examples: Castel del Monte and Rajarani Temple. [1] Castel del Monte has an octagonal design with the main central octagon and smaller octagonal towers on the edges, replicating the shape at different scales. [2] Rajarani Temple's tower over the sanctum rises in a beehive shape with smaller miniature towers merging seamlessly, resembling a mountain range with peaks surrounded by smaller mountains. Both structures exhibit self-similarity through the repetition of shapes at different scales, reflecting the use of fractal geometry in their architectural designs.

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    The document discusses fractals in architecture and provides two examples: Castel del Monte and Rajarani Temple. [1] Castel del Monte has an octagonal design with the main central octagon and smaller octagonal towers on the edges, replicating the shape at different scales. [2] Rajarani Temple's tower over the sanctum rises in a beehive shape with smaller miniature towers merging seamlessly, resembling a mountain range with peaks surrounded by smaller mountains. Both structures exhibit self-similarity through the repetition of shapes at different scales, reflecting the use of fractal geometry in their architectural designs.

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    Fractals in architecture

    Mustafa AL-Bakeer
    Castel del Monte
    General Information

    Castel del Monte (Italian for "Castle of the Mountain"; Barese: Castìdde du
    Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the
    Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King
    Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily.
    In the 18th century, the castle's interior marbles and remaining furnishings
    were removed. It has neither a moat nor a drawbridge and some considered
    it never to have been intended as a defensive fortress; however,
    archaeological work has suggested that it originally had a curtain wall.
    Described by the Enciclopedia Italiana as "the most fascinating castle built by
    Frederick II", the site is protected as a World Heritage Site. It also appears on
    .the Italian version of the one cent Euro coin
    Plans of Castel del Monte
    Fractals in Castel del Monte

    Many buildings in the field of architecture reflect in their designs the self-
    similarity as the Castle del Monte, it is formed by the shape of the main octagon
    In the center and the octagonal towers on the edges, it was based on the
    .repetition of the shape with the reduction of the scale
    Rajarani Temple
    STRUCTURE OF THE TEMPLE

    The structural plan of the temple resembles the


    Kandariya Mahadev Temple of Khajuraho which can be
    attributed to the fact that the Somavamsi's came to
    Odisha from Central India.Unlike the sanctum sanctorum,
    the jagamohana (entrance hall) is devoid of any
    carvings.The stark contrast actually adds to the beauty
    of thetemple.The temple has another interesting feature
    which is unique in the temple architecture of Odisha, i.e
    the tower I over the Sanctum Sanctorum rises from the
    ground like a beehive with smaller miniature towers, one
    on top of the other merging seamlessly with it, just like
    a mountain range where the peak is surrounded by
    smaller mountains.This might well be symbolic of the
    yearning of the human soul trying to reach higher and
    .higher till it merges with the eternal almighty spirit
    Fractals in Rajarani Temple

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