The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 296
with a crenellated parapet, having long loopsin the merlons between the embrasures. The wall headshave also been defended with wooden hoardings, theholes for the beams which carried them being verydistinctly visible all round the fortress. The lower partof the wall is perforated with very long… … 266 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. length of the loops was to enable bowmen to operate bothwhile standing on the floor and on the seats, or even ontemporary wooden platforms at different heights, and alsoto aim their arrows either high or low. The open staircasesleading to the walls are carried up on the side…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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