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Montezuma Castle
National Monument is located in Arizona, approximately 140 km (87 mi) north of
Phoenix, and about 80 km (50 mi) south of Flagstaff. I wrote more about my
visit to the monument here, so for my Friday Photos feature today I thought I would post some more images
from that amazing site.
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| The Native Community |
Numerous information panels provide
interesting historical and cultural facts about the cliff-dwellings, and the
surrounding landscape.
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| Mysterious Departures |
The five-story stone and mortar dwellings
contained 20 rooms and once housed about 50 people.
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| View of brickwork and roof supports |
Neither part of the monument's name is
correct. More like a prehistoric high rise apartment complex than a castle, the
site was abandoned by the Sinagua 100 years before Montezuma was born.
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No access to the ruins themselves has been
allowed since 1950 due to extensive damage of the dwelling, and the unstable
nature of the limestone cliff face.
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| Diorama of cliff dwellings |
This architecturally correct diorama gives
visitors an idea of the internal layout of cliff-dwellings.
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| Diorama of cliff dwellings |
Spectacular Cliff Dwellings in the Southwest
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