M'dina

This is the second time I've written the post about M'dina. I was reading the first post last night when I discovered a few errors. I tried to fix them and the next thing I saw was a blank page. I pushed the wrong button and everything was gone. I'll try to recreate it...and this time i will try not to delete it too.

M'dina was the original capital Malta. It was a walled city, within a walled country. The walls were surrounded by a dry moat as another layer of protection from the infidels. On the back of this wall are the 3 saints of M'dina, adding a layer of supernatural protection to the city.  

The next layer of protection is the church...the infidel had to think twice before invading this city.

Then a few meters away is yet another church...

The streets are narrow and winding again making invasion difficult.   

The view from the battlements was good...you can see the main church in Malta as well as the sea. There were a series of high fortifications along the villages of Malta and when trouble was coming on the horizon, fires were lit from fort to fort telling others that danger was coming.

Throughout Malta you see balconies...they are the only structures that are painted--every other building is the honey colored limestone.  

We boarded our ship and left the harbor for the rest of the adventure. Since this is the second time I've written this post, I did not realize the importance of these fortifications. Every large town had a fort or castle...and the castle was absolutely needed as the towns were invaded and destroyed...oftentimes by the Muslim Ottoman Turks. It's a message that we hear at every town we have visited. The Muslim Turks were relentless...their purpose was to capture these Christian cities, kill the men and enslave the women and children if they did not succumb to Islam. The people did not do that...and they died! Something similar is happening now--this is not ancient history...this is NOW. Pay attention world!