Château de Castelnaud

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Chateau de Castelnaud
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/68206
Date
1200-1299
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
Type of Work
Castle (fortification); Château
Subject
Architecture, Medieval, Architecture, Domestic --France, Castles -- France, Center Control, Reciprocity + Earned Steps
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(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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