Horton, Caroline W · New York, Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge, The Riverside press · leaf 208
alls below. This terminated at anarrow doorway in the third story, and formed theonly means of access to the rooms above, wheredwelt the women and children of the household,while the prisons and the treasure-rooms lay deepbeneath the foundation. The Castle of Loches, celebrated for the… … Gotitic Architecture. 189 strengthened at the angles by circular buttresses.The staircase is without, but protected by a pro-jecting lower tower. Plessis les Tours, also usedas a state-prison under the same Louis, is of muchlater date. Instead of the imposing keep, we findonly a large mansion-like…
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