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The Ibicencos fortified the bulwarks and built additional towers and fortresses throughout to help shield themselves against enemy incursions.
The sights are endless: the Hindu gopuram tower-gates of the south, the temples of Varanasi (Benares), the cave monasteries of Ajanta and Ellora, the beautiful and erotic sculptures of Khajuraho, the splendid marble palaces, fortresses, and mausoleums of the emperors and maharajas in Delhi, Agra, and Rajasthan, the colonial government buildings in New Delhi, or the unusual style of the Gothic-Oriental railway station in Mumbai (known until 1995 as Bombay).
Massive medieval fortresses stand watch atop steep hills along the Spanish border, and ancient dolmens — megalithic stones — dot the countryside.
Its banks are lined by numerous beautiful walled towns and powerful fortresses.
Massive fortresses and fortress-like churches testify to the passage of the Normans and then the German emperors in the Middle Ages.