There is a very unusual building in the town of Shilka. Today it belongs to the Trans-Baikal Railway.
Its uniqueness is that this very beautiful building was built on a stone foundation.
That is, we see that the building, which was commissioned (according to the documents) in 1911, could begin to be built no earlier than 1897.
So what, it would seem? But it's all about the foundation.
The building stands on a foundation of rectangular granite slabs.
The foundation is lined with rectangular granite slabs. At the same time, the seams between the slabs are very thin.
* Windows * in the foundation are visible from all sides.
Where, at that time, was the production of such perfectly flat slabs?
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But the most important thing is in the windows, which were laid and plastered on top under the masonry. Why windows in the foundation, and even so often?
The embedded * windows * are visible.
First, they made windows in the ground, and then changed their minds and laid them?
An attempt to * get * into the general drawing of the foundation is visible.
On the other hand, the ends of these stones are visible.
The ends of the stones are visible.
The photo shows that in one place the stones, for some reason, were not enough and were completed with wood.
And also, you can see the entrance to the basement, which, rather clumsily, is attached to the side. Was it such a project?
Apparently, this building was built on the remains of an ancient building, from which, from above, only the upper part of the wall with windows remained. The rest, apparently, was filled up as a result of some kind of disaster. And then the windows were laid.
But this building, according to official history, should not be.