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More on Walled Cities
My short fascination with walled cities led me to look at the town of Conwy in Wales and I made this picture. I aimed more for aesthetically pleasing than accurate and I did it quickly, so don’t use it...
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Fairy Tales and Naivete
I’ve been continuing to read up on castles. For various reasons I’ve become interested in the whys and wherefores of their development. Although lines between different categories like fortified...
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Castle Roofs – Query
I took an architecture history course in Quebec. The professor put up some slides of pueblos in the Southwestern United States, mud brick buildings with flat roofs. One student raised her hand and...
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No Free Lunch for Castles
Just sharing with everyone some details I’m finding interesting: Castles were expected to pay their way, as a centre for the administration of estates, and the profitable dispensing of justice. – from...
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Medieval Work Relief
Almost by chance, I came upon the Wikipedia page of the Château de Barbezieux, in the Charente department. The current castle was built on the site of an earlier motte and bailey style castle which was...
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