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The Moors fortified the city, developing the settlement into a major trading port serving Granada, and it was one of the last cities in Spain to be re-conquered by Christian forces in 1487.
In 1169 the Fatimids were crushed by the armies of Saladin — already flush with victories in Palestine and Syria — who established the Ayyubid Dynasty and created the fortified citadel to protect Cairo.
Felanitx is the starting point for a bracing trip to Castell de Santueri, a ruined hilltop castle that was fortified by every ruler from Roman times to the 17th century.
He reigned from 37 to 4 b.c. , during which time he fortified the Hasmonean wall and rebuilt the defense towers beside Jaffa Gate, the foundation of which still stand.
Fortified with that realization, I went back to the text and saw at once--even in the title-- that the straight-faced phrasing of the article was really just a ruse, and that an ironic reading was the only one possible.