The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 432
ors. To reachthese he would have to climb a steep stair, enclosedwithin a wooden casing with trapdoor shut, and wouldthus be exposed to attack with all kinds of mi.ssiles fromthe platform above, where the defenders stood within theshelter of their projecting hoarding or gallery. VENCE. 407 A… … FIG. 234. TOWER OK KEEP, ST PALL-Dl-V.\R. the defensive features and in the windows of this tower,indicate a somewhat later date than those of Cannes orAntibes. The defensive works here correspond with the 408 MEDL^VAL PERIOD. hoardings so common in France in the thirteenth centur},such as those at…
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