In the context of 'You can eat and shop in and around the once-magnificent and heavily fortified Crusader city, with its enormous ramparts and cathedral.', does 'The city has remained abandoned and desolate since ancient times. ' serve as a direct counterargument?
You can eat and shop in and around the once-magnificent and heavily fortified Crusader city, with its enormous ramparts and cathedral.###The city has remained abandoned and desolate since ancient times. 