Comment by divbzero

8 days ago

Doesn’t the small size make it more impressive that the Texians held out for so long?

Not really. At the time of the battle the complex covered several acres, with the buildings built in a squarish shape around a courtyard. The Mexican army burnt most of the buildings down out of spite as they retreated, and like most other ruins it was mined for stone and brick to build new buildings with.

Really only the chapel is left, and that was never intended for anything other than church services for a few hundred people.