Great inspiration, biggest existing medieval town

Discussion of topics concerning life in the middle ages around the world, including architecture, history, and warfare.
Post Reply
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

Great inspiration, biggest existing medieval town

Post by Ristridin »

I guess you`ve all seen it on a foto or a in real, but this is yust so beatifful. I realy wanted to show this. http://www.hku.hk/french/dcmScreen/img/carcassonne.jpg

It has 52 towers!! The cathars have made it a citadel.
User avatar
Maedhros
Knight Templar
Knight Templar
Posts: 1885
Joined: Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:22 pm
Location: The dark forests of Sweden
Contact:

Post by Maedhros »

A really cool view, I would love to get there. But have you seen Toledo? It´s a wonderful city too, also very medieval.

BTW Shouldn´t this have been in Medieval Life?
"Hinc satis elucet maiorem habere uim ad discenda ista liberam curiositatem quam meticulosam necessitatem.”
- Augustinus Hipponensis
User avatar
Lord_Of_The_LEGO
Earl of Wells
Posts: 2954
Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:20 pm
Location: Eureka, CA
Contact:

Post by Lord_Of_The_LEGO »

Maedhros wrote:BTW Shouldn´t this have been in Medieval Life?
Yup. Moved. :wink:
In the process of converting to [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathanwells/]Flickr[/url].
User avatar
Shadow
Squire
Posts: 661
Joined: Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:47 pm
Location: Western North Carolina: The Land of my (the) Lego

Post by Shadow »

Wow! Yes, I've seen this before, but a long time ago. Sometime next year I'm going to go to europe and visit a few ruins ;)
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

Post by Ristridin »

First of all, sorry that I have placed it in the wrong poll.
But have you seen Toledo? It´s a wonderful city too, also very medieval.
I haven`t been there (not yet :D ), but I have searched pictures of it on the internet, and its realy cool, but most of the city walls is gone.
Sometime next year I'm going to go to europe and visit a few ruins
You should realy do that :D .
We have a vacation house in France in the Allier (a department), very near to the ruins of the main castle of the Bourbon family. http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=h ... =nl&start= This is only the keep, which had 6 towers. The castle was destroyed in the Frence Revolution.
User avatar
Shadow
Squire
Posts: 661
Joined: Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:47 pm
Location: Western North Carolina: The Land of my (the) Lego

Post by Shadow »

Cool. I would suggest putting your link in as yourtexthere. It might help make the page smaller. ;)
User avatar
erikut
Steward
Posts: 553
Joined: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:41 pm
Location: Norway, Oslo
Contact:

Post by erikut »

Yeah. I have bin there. This summer. Took loads of pics. I was going to post it here someday i just cinda forgot it.

i think i migth do it now.

Yes.

Cool.

Erik

-----
Dont look like maj want's to be a friend now.

I'll try again tomorruw
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

Post by Ristridin »

Yeah. I have bin there. This summer. Took loads of pics. I was going to post it here someday i just cinda forgot it.

i think i migth do it now.
Yeah man, cool. I have never been there, but I am going to it next summer.

I look foward to see the pictures :D
User avatar
erikut
Steward
Posts: 553
Joined: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:41 pm
Location: Norway, Oslo
Contact:

Post by erikut »

http://maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102971

Yay, now it works.

Some pics may me the wrong way and stuff but still.

Erik
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

Post by Ristridin »

Woow man, realy cool, I can`t wait to go there
User avatar
Luís
Steward
Posts: 579
Joined: Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:51 am
Location: I don't even know anymore

Post by Luís »

Ha! Toledo?! Been there done that. Madrid, Barcelona?! Saw them! Zamora?! Nice town really, signed Portugal's independence treaty over 880 years ago.
I've been there. But to see a real city, go to GUIMARAES. Now thats a real town.
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/7sword7/]Shelved bricks(???)[/url]
You know you're a good person when you see megablocks and have to do things you would rather not.
User avatar
psu_ericksen
Foot Soldier
Posts: 207
Joined: Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:30 pm
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Contact:

Post by psu_ericksen »

Very cool looking town. It almost doesn't look real. I half expect to see Mickey Mouse walking around down there.
Maedhros wrote:But have you seen Toledo? It´s a wonderful city too, also very medieval.
Hmmm... Must have missed that part of town all these years. Oh... wait... wrong Toledo. D'oh! :lol:


Sean
"All my life I've had one dream...to acheive my many goals." - HJS


Visit my Brickshelf gallery.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=108432
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

Post by Ristridin »

But to see a real city, go to GUIMARAES. Now thats a real town.
Whell, thanks for the tip, its cool, but the foto`s on internet are always from the same side, I got the impression that there is only a small bit left, or that it is just a castle. I think I like carcassonne more.

Here is another great castle. (I notise this castle, becouse the is space in it for a whole town.) It is the castle of Angers.
http://www.falconcrest.com/images/angers.jpg and http://www.danieljoubert.com/photo02/ph ... angers.jpg, and the massif gate: http://www.viaggiaresempre.it/12_Angers.jpg
This Is my most favourite castle, It has 17 towers, Every tower has a diameter of 18 meters. The walls are 30 or 40 meters high. The towers are as high as the walls are, which is caused by Henry the 3rd. He thougt that if the enemy would take Angers, that it was impossible to retake it.
Whell, that is a real castle!!! :D
User avatar
JPinoy
Knight Bannerett
Posts: 2476
Joined: Sun Nov 16, 2003 7:04 pm
Location: Rockefeller Center LEGO Store
Contact:

Post by JPinoy »

Back in the 90s, there was this documentary show on TLC called "Great Castles of Europe". This was my favorite of them all. It was no mere Castle it was a Citadel, a kind of super-castle. Considering its size... Carcassonne is MASSIVE.
Peoples_General, master of the vast LEGO armies!
[url]http://www.bricklink.com/aboutMe.asp?u=Peoples_General[/url]
Behold! The mighty armies of my ORIGIN theme!
[url]http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.c ... lesGeneral[/url]
User avatar
Blueandwhite
CC Mascot Maker
Posts: 1418
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:12 pm
Location: Bolton, Ontario

Post by Blueandwhite »

As cool as Carcassonne is, I prefer the look of Mont St. Michel. Still, great stuff.

Later.
Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Batman!!

[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.c ... ueandwhite]My Brickshelf Gallery[/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwflickrc ... eandwhite/]My Flickr[/url]
Post Reply