Polygonal masonry

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Polygonal masonry is a technique of stone wall construction. True polygonal masonry is a technique wherein the visible surfaces of the stones are dressed with straight sides or joints, giving the block the appearance of a polygon.^[1]

This technique is found throughout the world and sometimes corresponds to the less technical category of Cyclopean masonry.^[2]

• Lezhe
• Chaonia

And others

• Chufut-Kale
• Mangup
• Vorontsov Palace

• Ahu Vinapu

• Ingapirca

• Bomarsund Fortress
• Suomenlinna

• Anakopia Fortress
• Ateni Sioni Church
• Bagrati Cathedral
• Gudarekhi
• Gelati Monastery

• Delphi
• Keramikos
• Nekromanteion

• Komárom
• Fort Monostor

• Vellore Fort
• Great Wall of India
• Murud Janjira

• Nias
• Toraja

• Si-o-se-pol

In Italy, polygonal masonry is particularly indicative of the region of Latium, but it occurs also in Etruria, Lucania, Samnium, and Umbria; scholars including Giuseppe Lugli have carried out studies of the technique.^[3][4] Some notable sites that have fortification walls built in this technique include Norba, Signia, Alatri, Boiano, Circeo, Cosa, Alba Fucens, Palestrina, and Terracina.^[5] The Porta Rosa of the ancient city of Velia employs a variant of the technique known as Lesbian masonry.^[1]

• Santa Severa
• Rialto Bridge

• Akō Castle
• Fushimi Castle
• Goryōkaku
• Nakagusuku Castle
• Nijō Castle
• Odawara Castle
• Oka Castle
• Osaka Castle
• Shibata Castle
• Shuri Castle
• Uwajima Castle

• Daugavpils

• Corradino Lines
• Ħaġar Qim
• Megalithic Temples of Malta

• Teotihuacan

• Fort Gorazda
• Fort Trašte
• Lovćen

• Lixus

• Chinchero
• Chullpa Towers
• Coricancha
• Inti Watana, Ayacucho

• Ollantaytambo
• Raqch'i
• Saksaywaman
• Tambomachay
• Tarawasi
• Usnu
• Vilcabamba
• Vilcashuamán
• Wanuku Pampa
• Twelve-angled_stone

• Fort Pilar
• Fort San Pedro

• Quinta da Regaleira

• Curtea de Argeș Cathedral
• Iulia Hasdeu Castle
• Orăștioara de Sus
• Sarmisegetusa

• Fort Alexander
• Königsberg Castle

• Castell d'Olèrdola
• Les Ferreres Aqueduct

• Meroë

• Älvsborg fortress
• Vaberget Fortress

• Arwad
• Hosn Suleiman Baitokaike
• Bara
• Barad
• Barjaka
• Basufan
• Bauda

• Benastur Monastery
• Church of Saint Simeon Stylites
• Churches of Sheikh Suleiman village
• Cyrrhus
• Dana
• Deir Qeita
• Jarada
• Kharab Shams Basilica
• Mount Simeon
• Mushabbak Basilica
• Refade
• Serjilla

• Qalb Loze
• Qatura

• Phi Mai
• Phanom Rung

• Enderun School
• Efes
• Hagia Sophia
• Hattusa
• Lyrbe
• Selimiye Barracks

• Hili Archaeological Park

• Gloucester Cathedral
• Maes Howe
• Stanton Moor

• The Alamo
• Harsimus Stem Embankment
• Hearst Castle
• Yale

• P. Gros. 1996. L'architecture romaine: du début du IIIe siècle av. J.-C. à la fin du Haut-Empire. 2 v. Paris: Picard.