Fort de Mont-Alban the Inside Edition

HELLO!!! I honestly have no clue why I just did that. (Maybe that's because I needed to say hi.)
Anyways, today I went to a castle that's basically in my backyard! Well, not exactly back, more of my side yard! Now I know I've wrote about this castle in the past, but as some of you may know, I didn't go inside of it. Let me just tell you, this experience, brought me to thinking about some of the brave solders who decided to take part in the deadly battle that was in this castle.
When I first set foot int the castle, I noticed that it was very small. Hmm. It doesn't look small from the outside. I asked our tour guide how one hundred solders fit into this tiny lobby-like room. He told me (in french) that people were smaller back in the 1500's. Afterwards, he took us to, THE DUNGEON!!!!!!!!! He let us look around, and then he started walking away. We quickly scrambled to catch up with him. He then brought us to one of the bedrooms of the soldiers. I noticed that there was a bathtub-like bowl. I asked my dad why that was in the bedroom instead of the restroom. "A tube that catches the rain from outside is attached to this," He replied. "That was what they drank from. Then, the leftovers went down this pipe, and into this underground well for storage." I then asked him why they needed to store water. "Because if there was a drought, they wouldn't run out of water. The Italians were outside the castle waiting for them to come out. But they've already had enough water to last years!" He explained. The kitchen even had enough food to last years!

Our last stop was the roof. I was amazed by the spectacular view of the harbor, and the city of Nice and the Villefranche Sur-Mer. The roof was made out of indestructible bricks! Not even a cannonball would shatter those bricks! That's why the the soldiers inside were safe. There were some cannons going straight through the wall so that they could fire at the Italians. I took a long look at the wall. I then noticed that the wall underneath it, was not brick. I went over to our tour guide and asked hime what the other wall was made of. "The wall is made out of layers of bricks, cement, and sand. This makes it completely indestructible! And it also results in 15 feet thick wall structure!" He replied in french. "Why is the top layer in brick though?" I questioned him. "It's to reinforce the structure from enemies that might attack the soldiers." So that's why!
So now, I have increased your knowledge about this castle I have been to many times before, and now, you can decide wether you could live in a castle for 5 years straight! Let me know what you think in the comments below!

Picture this… It’s 540 A.D., you live in Ravenna Italy, and the town you live is crawling with barbarians. However, a new emperor from the East comes to bring stability. 1,400 years ago, a church established by the Justinian Empire still remains there to this day! I went to that church today! This is my story. (Sorry I am a few days late on posting my blogL)

I inhaled the air in the large church as I took a step foreword into its dark chamber. My jaw about hit the ground as I saw the ginormous size of the room! One thing I noticed is that the ceiling was covered with pictures, but I also saw that the pictures had gaps in between each color change. I asked my dad what the gaps were, and he said that it was a mosaic picture.  Then, I walked away as if I knew what mosaic meant. A few minutes after staring up at Jesus and the cross, I strolled up to my mom, and asked her what a mosaic was. She told me that mosaic is a picture, design, or pattern that has a couple of different color materials, such as tiles, or glass for example each about the size of a fingernail. That’s what the gaps were! I was amazed by the perimeter of the ceiling! How was it possible for the people 1,400 years ago, to make a mosaic picture this big? 

After we left the church, we decided to visit the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. I couldn’t take it in that little room! It was so small, and stuffed with people, I couldn’t breath! That figures that the church is one of the biggest rooms I’ve ever seen, and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia right next to it, was one of the smallest things I’ve ever seen! Anyhow, what I did notice when I was in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, is that all the windows, were covered with a thin layer with marble. Red marble! That’s why the room was half red! I knew there was a picture of something underneath the window, but someone’s head was in the way, so I couldn’t see. It was pretty dark in there, and I could see something made out of concrete. “Wait, that almost looks like a- OH NO!!! IT IS!!!! IT’S A TOMBSTONE!!!!” I screamed in my head. “D-D-DAD.” I stammered. “W-W-Why are there tombstones in here?” “Because there are some very important people in those tombs.” I gasped. I got out of there as fast as I could to see about 50 more unburied tombstones outside! And guess what? ONE OF THEM WAS OPEN!!!!  Do I dare?  I thought to myself. Yes! Do it to prove to yourself that you are brave!  I tiptoed up to the tomb, and peeked over the edge. I expected to see bones, but I saw moss, and weeds instead. I was relived. I thought that I would see a real dead body!

So now you know some of the history about the old church, and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. So you’d better hurry, the tombstones are waiting for you!

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