The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 278
which side they are also open,both for the purpose of admitting of munitions beingeasily hoisted up to them from below, and also to renderthem useless in the hands of an enemy as against thetown. Externally they arc furnished with embrasures atthe top, which were provided with a swinging… … FIG. no. CARCASSONNE—TOWERS AND CASTLE. 248 MEDIEVAL PERIOD. a pit or gap in the parapet walk where it adjoined them,so that each tower might form a separate post, and bedefended independently. The lower part of the walls,being below the interior level of the ground, was peculiarlyliable to be…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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