To: wildbill
Probably for military reasons — the old site was indefensible, or the new site had better visibility to the surroundings.
17 posted on
07/24/2011 4:15:34 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Look at the pics. Tremendous visibility because it wss built on top of mountain as were all those old fortified cities.
I doubt there was a better mount around since those old boys knew their defensible positions.
19 posted on
07/24/2011 8:31:31 PM PDT by
wildbill
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