The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 234
I MONT-MAJOUR. 203 We have already seen that this monastery was fortifiedand surrounded with walls. But it was chiefly strengthenedwith a great donjon, such as the abbots, who were alsogreat feudal lords, frequently constructed for their ownsecurity, and that of the monks and their treasures,… … FIG. 86. MONT-MAJOUR—ILANS AND SECTION OF KEEl. 1369 by Pons de IOrme. It is very substantially builtwith square-dressed stones, the surface being left roughor bossy, as was the custom at that time. The building(Fig. 86) is a simple parallelogram, 48 feet by 32 feet, witha slight projection at one…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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