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The Alamo was the most underwhelming historical anything I've ever visited. Not only is it in the middle of downtown San Antonio, it's also rather small, and Sa
by jitl 9y ago
The Alamo was the most underwhelming historical anything I've ever visited. Not only is it in the middle of downtown San Antonio, it's also rather small, and San Antonio itself is a sticky tropical rainforest. Nothing like arid, lonely fort of the popular culture depictions of the Alamo.
- madebylaw 9y agoYou can actually go visit the sets used for the Alamo movies here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Village https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Village. Stick hot and sticky though :-D
- exclusiv 9y agoIsn't the fact that it's small a big part of the historical significance?
- aaron-lebo 9y agoNot really. It housed 200 defenders, but it was undermanned at that capacity.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoYou're likely aware of this having visited, but all that remains of the original mission is the chapel and a few walls. This is what it looked like at the time of the siege; the city ended up growing around it http://saaal-apwu.org/history/alamo-6.jpg http://saaal-apwu.org/history/alamo-6.jpg
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