Grace

Thin Cities. 3

At first, Marco Polo described Armilla a city that had structures that are not well treated or unfinished had lead me to the thinking that Armilla was deserted place where no one was there to treat the city’s structure. Only water pipes were spotted there. It seems that water pipes in that city have become the main structure of homes rather than bricks wall or any other material. Armilla to me can be called as the “Water City” where people live closely with water and using water in more ways than any other city. After that, Marco Polo said that Armilla cannot be called deserted as at an hour, there will be woman spotting around the showers suspended at the end of the pipes around the cities. This made me wonder why will only after awhile he can spot people living around the city? Was it because there was a timing for people to come out or their house to use the water around the cities or was it because the city has a very small population?