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Château de Castelnaud

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Creator(s)
unknown (French)
Time period
creation date: 13th century
Location
Site: Castelnaud-la-Chapelle (Aquitaine, France)
Cultural context
French
Description
exterior, fortification walls; the semi-circular projection at the corner of this castle wall affords direct lateral views along the main wall and down the valley; it constitutes a formal exchange with the landscape made by displacing the straight wall; It intensifies the corner--projects the corner even further into space--to gain the most commanding view, 1975
Work type
Castle (fortification)
Château
Medium
masonry
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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