The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 334
m an architectural point of viewthe castle is disappointing, being reduced to a mereskeleton of two towers, connected by a ruined wall ofenceinte (Fig. 144). It was built in the fifteenth centuryby Italian architects for the Grimaldi, to whom this ST TROPEZ. 303 country then belonged, and it was… … FIG. 144. CASTLE OF GRIMAUD. tained its old tunnel vault, with transverse ribs, and simpleProvencal mouldings. It has also a semi-circular apse, anda round arched door, with very deep voussoirs, like that ofHyeres—possibly a survival of the art of the Moors. The diligence passes here at 2 P.M., and…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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