There is a castle up there. The rocks of the mountain were safe, petrified, and so it was a good place to build your forttress in the mid 11th centuary and it is still there today. It is just half an hour drive from where we live. The Castle Ruins of Balm
I took the photos from below and no, I did not climb up to the castle. It would have been too petrifying for me.
A remarkable feat to build a castle in such a place.
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They just took advantage of the natural rock formation (swiss precision 🙂 )
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👍
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Gosh. Fancy buildung up there! U’d be petrufuedbtoi!
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Everything was a bit rough in those days
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Looks very much like the fortresses found in the mountains in Greece. Soliders used them during WWII to hide and attack. Can’t imagine how cold they are in the winter
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It was a useful place to build a fortress. Switzerland wasn’t a country in those days, just a collection of tribes
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Fascinating and amazing.
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Yes definitely
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