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Old Crank

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Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 14, 2025, 05:03 AM

Jun 14

As for standing up all these years it helped to have big square stones that are hard to move.
In many places city walls were torn down and the blocks reused in other structures once the walls were not usable for defense.

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Thank you for these spectacular photos, my dear Old Crank! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 13 #1

Thanks Old Crank Jun 14 #2

You should do a travel photo book! NCgayguy Jun 14 #3

Thanks Old Crank Jun 14 #4