The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 55
St. Andre, Villeneuve lez Avignon. Gateway. very much as in the later Norman castles, except that the lords began toisolate themselves and families from the earrison. Each castle contained. INTRODUCTION 36 13th cent, donjons besides the donjon (or place of retreat in danger), the hall, where… … Fig. 29.—Tour du Pont, Villeiieuve. The donjons were planned with great diversity of arrangements forsecrecy ; they were not occupied in time of peace, and no strangers wereadmitted to them. Roche Guyon, between Paris and Rouen, is a goodexample of the care taken in the defence of the donjon. The…
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