Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

I have since learned there were catapults on the top of the mountain but i dont think the second tower was built by the catapultists as an aiming assist. 

I agree. I thought of aiming assist because I couldn't see a cup there but I have since discovered that in the 13th century they used sling catapults. That's what I now think your second tower is: a sling catapult.

I imagine that the tower with balcony would lie above the main entrance. The motive for putting a tower with balcony above the entrance is pretty obvious: from the balcony they would be able rain down arrows, rocks, boiling oil, whatever, upon those below trying to break down the door.



This medieval drawing supports the idea that tower lies above the main entrance because the tower is depicted alongside the pathway that we see in the upper right hand corner, so it is logical to assume that the pathway climbs up to the tower.

The doorway that you see in the VMS drawing (on the opposite side of the fortress from the tower) would therefore be the one opening up to the friendly village that shared the mountaintop with the fortress.

I just remembered something else. Part of the fortress had to stretch out to the steepest slope. That is how a group of Cathars managed to escape just two days prior to surrender: the slope was so steep that the French soldiers didn't bother to guard it.

Take special notice of the tower with a cone-like top, a balcony, and window below the balcony. I've found a similar tower. Guess where? In the VMS.

Let's make a deal. You find a tower that looks like that in northern Italy and I'll concede that you guys have a valid argument. Otherwise, you stop nagging me with questions on this matter and we move on to other themes.

Deal?