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With it's 43 towers, many gates, barbicans, battlements and quaint medieval Bavarian houses, Rothenburg looks like a film set. But this is a real working town, with shops, schools, cafes, libraries and all the usual paraphenalia of modern life in a spectacular cliff-top fortified setting.
The archaeological evidence of the fortress of Gori shows that the area had already been fortified in the last centuries BC. The fortress controlled major strategic and economic routes and accommodated a large garrison.
The Fortezza fortress is an archaeological site in the prefecture of Rethymno built upon the hill of Paleokastro, on the west side of the today’s city.
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