The Hanging Gardens project is being constructed on a real-world scale. According to Wikipedia early Greek works described the structure as being approximately 120m on each side. Using a scale of 1 block = 0.9m, the hanging gardens is being constructed so that its base runs 134 blocks long on each side. The towers when complete will stand 30 blocks (27m) high. To afford space for this enormous structure a large plane had to be leveled. We chose the largest flattest area we could find nearby, but still an incredible amount of digging had to be done. A whole mountain had to be removed just to make room for the base, and large portions of three others. Even this was not big enough. A miscalculation put us 9 blocks shy of the 134 block mark. The area was again enlarged. Before the project can be called complete the rest of the mountains will need to be cleared from its sides so it can stand free of obstruction.
Some wide shots of the original area before it was enlarged:
Building this foundation revealed the miscalculation:
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