The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 437
4o6 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. would cover the wooden gallery or hoarding which, wehave seen, protected the principal doorways and stair-case. The outer approaches to this keep were thus mostcarefully defended. An assailant, who managed byscaling ladders to get up to the first floor or guard-room level and… … KIG. 233. ILAN OF CHURCH, ST IAUL-DU-VAK. access from the interior to the upper floors. To reachthese he would have to climb a steep stair, enclosedwithin a wooden casing with trapdoor shut, and wouldthus be exposed to attack with all kinds of missiles fromthe platform above, where the defenders…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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