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NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the ...
Stones from the castle were dismantled and used for other buildings, and it was eventually demolished in the late 1800s. Now, pieces of the once towering structure are being uncovered.
French Craftsmen Build Medieval CastleTREIGNY, France- Once upon a time, deep in the forests of Burgundy, a man was haunted by a vision. He dreamed of building a castle, with turrets, great walls ...
The castle, called Guedelon, named after the surrounding forest, is now a self-sustaining concern. There are 67 employees, an annual budget of around $3.25 million and about 315,000 visitors a ...
New technology helps archaeologists explore the past An excavation project in northwestern France has uncovered the ruins of a medieval castle with its moat still intact as well as jewelry and ...
The Medieval castle Guedelon in 2009 Image courtesy of Flickr user alexis mons With Guédelon now on the rise, no one’s calling Guyot crazy and the point of the exercise grows ever more apparent.
“Records show that one of Henry III’s wooden siege towers, containing around 200 crossbowmen, was destroyed by just one well-aimed missile.” The medieval catapult ammunition found at the castle.
A Medieval-inspired castle in Michigan comprised of it's very own trap doors, a hidden underground grotto with a jacuzzi and a dungeon could be yours for $2.3 million.
A Medieval-inspired castle built between the mid-1980s and 1990 in Rochester, Michigan, is on sale for $3.2 million. An exterior view of LeBlanc Castle in Rochester, Michigan, built in 1990.