Dave's Pick: Montezuma's Castle
Dec 3, 2016 01:13:07 #
As our tour guide said, "Next stop Montezuma's Castle. Where Montezuma never went but, it's not a castle either."
When European-Americans first observed the ruins in the 1860s, by then long-abandoned, they named them for the famous Aztec emperor Montezuma in the mistaken belief that he had been connected to their construction. The dwelling was abandoned more than 40 years before Montezuma was born, and was not a "castle" in the traditional sense, but instead functioned more like a "prehistoric high rise apartment complex."
It is a Puebloan cliff dwellings near the town of Camp Verde, Arizona.
The dwellings were built and used by the Sinagua people, a pre-Columbian culture closely related to the Hohokam and other indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, between approximately 1100 and 1425 AD. The main structure comprises five stories and twenty rooms, and was built over the course of three centuries.
When European-Americans first observed the ruins in the 1860s, by then long-abandoned, they named them for the famous Aztec emperor Montezuma in the mistaken belief that he had been connected to their construction. The dwelling was abandoned more than 40 years before Montezuma was born, and was not a "castle" in the traditional sense, but instead functioned more like a "prehistoric high rise apartment complex."
It is a Puebloan cliff dwellings near the town of Camp Verde, Arizona.
The dwellings were built and used by the Sinagua people, a pre-Columbian culture closely related to the Hohokam and other indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, between approximately 1100 and 1425 AD. The main structure comprises five stories and twenty rooms, and was built over the course of three centuries.
Montezuma's Castle.
The ladders were removed some time ago to prevent tourists from going into the dwelling.
Tree below the dwelling next to the creek.
Near Montezuma's Castle.
They just pop up wherever they take a notion.
Dec 3, 2016 01:52:47 #
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Dec 4, 2016 11:56:08 #
Dave.Largent wrote:
As our tour guide said, "Next stop Montezuma'... (show quote)
Living in Phoenix I've been here a couple of times. It is a beautiful spot. I hope you were able to go farther north to shoot some of our beautiful rock formations around the canyon and so on.
Dec 4, 2016 16:27:17 #
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Dec 5, 2016 06:09:10 #
Dec 5, 2016 11:34:01 #
Great captures of a beautiful region. #5 (also #8) appears to be the landmark, Bell Rock, in Sedona / Oak Creek area not far from the "castle". Countless adventures and amazing natural beauty can be found everywhere in this glorious Red Rock Country.
Dec 5, 2016 12:48:38 #
Great photos................... I wonder where the bathroom was................whole new meaning to the word hangover??
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