• Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Saint Barbara, patron of artillery men and military engineers.

    In the hispanosphere, we used to call “santa barbara” to the ammunition storage of sailing ships. Now i know why

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      Fun fact of the day: That is why the little columns on which gun turrets are mounted are called ‘barbettes’ (little barbara)