Interesting historical article on Jakob Fugger

[DBear]

Players of the original Colonization may remember Jakob Fugger as one of the "founding fathers" who essentially pays off your back taxes if you get him into your Congress.

Found this article today about a village he founded http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123025158419834413.html?mod=yhoofront

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Whoa. That's simply amazing.

 

[soul_warrior]

brilliant.
but where did he bury those 7 tonnes of gold

 

[Bugfatty300]

Those cribs are fuggin' sweet.