It has been a hot climb up the steep road (all roads are steephere) to a point where many forces of history have left their mark.This is the highest and longest of the ridges that encircle St.George's harbor. Other, lower promontories were fortified in the18th century, but this one has the most extensive line of masonryremains.
An interconnected chain of fortresses lined this citadel - someof them still in use, some standing bare and defenseless. From onefenced-in area, a woman is coaxing a man, asking for food, for money,for a message from friends.
Her interlocutor stands half-hidden on a parapet, with a hugeChristian …
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