Hemispheric houses, some with towers protruding from the top, stood in rows after rows forming drab streets, straight as an arrow, between them - a sign of a civilization which had grown too rapidly.
There were various towers and platforms protruding from the water at regular intervals.
A chapel was built south of the hall, whose east end was a tower protruding from the Close wall.
There is also a block with two towers protruding one of which is estimated to be 110 metres in height with 29 floors and a sloped roof with two rooftop gardens either side of these.
Its plan consists of a four bay nave which widens to the east, aisles to the north and south, a three bay chancel with north and south chapels, and a tower protruding from the southwest corner.
"Observe the towers protruding through the canopy - and there are more."
In the 1840s, a doctor living in the house, with a passion for astronomy, built a narrow tower protruding high from the roof.
Lightning strikes the top of the tower protruding above, which collapses on top of the "window", effectively shutting out all light from the shaft.
"Wings of a Butterfly" is a reference to a Greek myth in which two souls destroyed something beautiful to live forever, and "Venus (In Our Blood)" has the line "Venus denies your seven towers," referring to another Greek myth portraying hell as seven towers protruding from dark waters.