The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 303
g. 120) is well preserved,many of the towers which strengthen it being almost entire.These are for the most part square and lofty, and have thusquite a Southern aspect. The original crenellations stillexist, together with the holes for the short beams which 272 MEDIAEVAL TERIOD. carried the wooden… … FIG. 120. HVfeRES CASTLE. summit of the rock, and from its ruins a commanding andextensive prospect is obtained. The walls are probablynot older than the thirteenth century. Within the enceintethe ground is laid out as a private vineyard. In the middle of the old town stands the picturesquechurch…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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