The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 185
FIG. 57. CASTLE OF ST ANDKE. Fireplace in Gatchmtsc. The diagonal walls which fill up the angles next the wallsof enceinte contained staircases, &c., and are set at anangle so as to present a front against assailants approach-ing from the flanks. The round wells of the staircases i6o MEDIEVAL… … ^^ The rooms in the gatehouse are well finished in ashlarwork, and have ornamental chimneys, of which Fig. 57is a specimen. That over the entrance gateway contained ST ANDRfi. i6i the apparatus for working the portcullis. These chambershave been used as political prisons at various times ; andthe…
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