Guédelon – An open-air history book
*This book is only available in French*
Founded in 1997 in the heart of the Yonne department, Guédelon is a unique experimental archaeology site where a fortified castle is being built using 13th-century tools and techniques. Each season, around forty craftspeople bring medieval craftsmanship to life before visitors’ eyes.
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*This book is only available in French*
Guédelon was born out of a crazy project: to build a fortified castle using only the tools and techniques of the early 13th century. It was in the Yonne, in the heart of an oak forest, on the site of a former iron-bearing sandstone quarry, that a handful of enthusiasts laid the first stones in 1997. A true experimental archaeological site, Guédelon has become an inexhaustible source of knowledge for archaeologists, historians and castle specialists.
The castle is being built by the sheer manual labour of some forty workers: craftsmen, quarrymen, stonemasons, bricklayers, carpenters, blacksmiths, rope-makers and others. Each season, they take turns on the site, dividing their time between construction and engaging with the public, who are fascinated by this journey back to a past just waiting to be brought back to life.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Published by Gallimard, 64 pages + 16 inserts
