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SHIMMER
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SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
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Title:
Guédelon Castle
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Guédelon Castle
Title
false
Creation Date:
2022
creation_date
2022
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2010
image_date
2010
Image Date
false
Period:
21st century
period
21st century
Period
false
Start Date:
1997
start_date
1997
Start Date
false
End Date:
2022
end_date
2022
End Date
false
Location:
Puisaye, Yonne
location
Puisaye, Yonne
Location
false
Country:
FRANCE
country
FRANCE
Country
false
Display Creator:
MOULIN, Jacques
display_creator
MOULIN, Jacques
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Terms:
Tourist attractions
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Tourist attractions
Terms
false
Image ID:
10-1667
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10-1667
Image ID
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Description:
Exterior detail: two images (left) plans for stone vaulting and (right) the dressed stones awaiting collection. A wooden template rests on top of one of the stones. The grooves cut into the interlocking surfaces allow mortar to spread and create a more effective joint. The main tasks for 2010, when this photograph was taken, were to complete the roof of the Great Hall and the second floor with vaulting of the Great Tower. This project aims to build a castle using the techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages. " The materials needed for the construction of the castle - wood, stone, earth, sand and clay - are all to be found here, in this abandoned quarry. Before the gaze of thousands of visitors, all the trades associated with castle-building - quarrymen, stonemasons, woodcutters, carpenters, blacksmiths, tile makers, basket makers, rope makers, carters and their horses - are working together to complete the castle. " .. from the Guédelon website - see Related Information (below). Jacques MOULIN is the chief architect of France's Monuments Historiques. The project is financed by visitors, over 1/3 million of whom visit the castle every year between mid-March and the end of October. Visitor amenities and facilities are also constructed on site wherever possible. As the project develops different routes through the site allow maximum access to the work progressing. As essential feature of the project is the interaction with those working on it, visitors are encouraged to talk to people working onsite. In the adjoining forest an assortment of huts contain the other activities contributing to the project.
description
Exterior detail: two images (left) plans for stone vaulting and (right) the dressed stones awaiting collection. A wooden template rests on top of one of the stones. The grooves cut into the interlocking surfaces allow mortar to spread and create a more effective joint. The main tasks for 2010, when this photograph was taken, were to complete the roof of the Great Hall and the second floor with vaulting of the Great Tower. This project aims to build a castle using the techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages. " The materials needed for the construction of the castle - wood, stone, earth, sand and clay - are all to be found here, in this abandoned quarry. Before the gaze of thousands of visitors, all the trades associated with castle-building - quarrymen, stonemasons, woodcutters, carpenters, blacksmiths, tile makers, basket makers, rope makers, carters and their horses - are working together to complete the castle. " .. from the Guédelon website - see Related Information (below). Jacques MOULIN is the chief architect of France's Monuments Historiques. The project is financed by visitors, over 1/3 million of whom visit the castle every year between mid-March and the end of October. Visitor amenities and facilities are also constructed on site wherever possible. As the project develops different routes through the site allow maximum access to the work progressing. As essential feature of the project is the interaction with those working on it, visitors are encouraged to talk to people working onsite. In the adjoining forest an assortment of huts contain the other activities contributing to the project.
Description
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Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
Guédelon project. For more information see also < http://www.guedelon… >.
related_information
Guédelon project. For more information see also < http://www.guedelon.fr/en/ >.
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
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false
Creator:
MOULIN, Jacques
creator
MOULIN, Jacques
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Architect.
creator_role
Architect.
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false
Culture Gender:
Male.
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Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
French.
nationality
French.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Buildings -- Design and construction
subject_heading
Buildings -- Design and construction
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false
Subject Heading:
Castles -- France
subject_heading
Castles -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- 1200-1300
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Architecture -- 1200-1300
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false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- 2000-2100
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Architecture -- 2000-2100
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- France
subject_heading
Architecture -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Heritage tourism -- France
subject_heading
Heritage tourism -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Tourists
subject_heading
Tourists
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Tourism and architecture
subject_heading
Tourism and architecture
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Stone carving
subject_heading
Stone carving
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Arches
subject_heading
Arches
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false