Guédelon, we’re building a castle
After more than 25 years on site, this book gives a voice to historians, archaeologists, researchers and Guédelon workers, who share their experience and tell the story of how they build a 13th-century fortress every day.
*book in English
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Launched over 25 years ago, the medieval construction site at Guédelon is unique: it revives the building methods and techniques of 800 years ago, using raw materials sourced from the site itself, situated in the heart of a forest in the Yonne department.
Maryline Martin, co-founder of Guédelon, and Delphine Bourselot, site director, were keen to give a voice to the historians, archaeologists, researchers and ‘workers’ at Guédelon so that they could share their experiences and explain how, using stone quarried from the ground, the trees from the forest or the ore extracted from the rock, they build and shape the walls, erect the roof structures, make the doors, door frames, ropes and tools, fire the tiles, and produce lime…
Jean-Benoît Héron illustrates Guédelon Castle from its beginnings to the present day.
His illustrations, accompanied by photographs by François Folcher, plunge us into the very heart of the medieval era and this unparalleled human adventure, at the crossroads of technology, art and history.
Publisher: Ouest France, 160 pages
*book in English
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