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take a dirt track into a hidden valley through sheer cliffs and ragged rock falls and you’ ll find history a little more authentic and being lived through daily activity.
Crumbling walls disguise secrets long forgotten, solid timber protects from the elements whilst an iron gate once held a gladiators misfortune. The local café owner more than willing to share his knowledge on the promise that we would buy some of his brown bean produce, it seemed like a fair trade.
Views from the parapets were enchanting, the earthen browns fringed by the verdant greens of a river side oasis that seemed to stretch as far into the distance as the history of these buildings stretched into the past.
Taken further onto the bowls of the impressive remains of this construction we were treated to the sanctity of a once proud religious dwelling. Here was the mosque and despite the damage surrounding it seemed mostly intact; the delicate engravings and embossed walls were as they’ d been left almost two hundred years earlier. The painted walls and detailed highlights still richly evident despite the mud
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