The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 282
outer wall, while the wall isabout thirty feet above the soil outside. The towers arebuilt with an open side next the lices, so that, even iftaken by the enemy, they could not be held by himagainst the inner walls. St Louis also erected an im-mense barbican, or round redoubt, at the base of the… … 2 52 MEDIAEVAL PERIOD. tions till his death in 1285, his operations being chiefly onthe east and south sides. There arc two principal gateways in the walls, thePorte de IAude and the PORTE Narbonnaise (Fig. 112),both strongly defended with towers and other works.There are also six posterns, all…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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