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“The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar.”
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National GeographicOct 30, 2014

10 of the World’s Most Haunted Cities

These notoriously frightful cities are beset with ghastly, ghostly close encounters. Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow is home to the sprawling Southern Necropolis (“City of the Dead”), the resting place of ...

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  • The AlamoParkThe Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution.
  • Elsewhere
  • Centro de Arte Reina SofíaArts centreMadrid, SpainCentral building was formerly a hospital
  • Linares PalaceSightMadrid, SpainOnce wracked by family scandal
  • Southern NecropolisSightGlasgow, United KingdomResting place of approximately a quarter million souls
  • Diplomat HotelHotelBaguio, PhilippinesNow abandoned, said to be haunted by nuns
  • Hotel KurrajongHotelCanberra, AustraliaRoom 214 haunted by former Prime Minister Ben Chifley
  • Old Parliament HouseAttractionCanberra, AustraliaAnother of Canberra's haunted spots
  • torture museumMuseumSighișoara, RomaniaRegales visitors with tools of 'Vlad the Impaler’s' trade
  • Holy Trinity ChurchPlace of worshipSighișoara, RomaniaMedieval city's church reached by covered stairway
  • Ypsilon bridgeSightDrammen, Norway
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