Hello community [ @ Photography Lovers ] today I am going to present to you a series of photographs on a fortified house which for the least ancient part dates from 1445. You should know that the work was built at the end of the 100 years war thinking that this war was will never end. It is clear that after 100 years of war, it was unimaginable to hope that it would ever end.
I didn't think he blamed himself all day! There were more or less long periods without a real battle. Once the invader was eliminated, it took him some time to return to this region to plunder the area again. Forgive me for the framing which was not perfect but I did not want to cut the photos in order to show as much of the castle as possible. The fortified house is surrounded by a large stone wall, so I had to take photos with my arms in the air at random. This is why you cannot see the whole thing in its entirety. My lens is a 24 - 85 with an aperture of 3.5 - 4.5. Not very bright with limited zoom. In rainy and bad weather the images are hard to balance.
A color view shows you the rainy weather that has been affecting the region for more than 4 months
I really like this photo with the trees which leave behind them the silhouette of the fortified house.
The door I imagine before a large pit surrounded by a stone wall. Many of the walls have disappeared. The stone from these walls was recycled to build all the buildings around the castle. At that time, cutting stone was expensive and the simplest thing was to dismantle walls that were no longer really useful to transform them into a home or outbuilding. And for this reason on 3/4 of the site only a simple wall remains.
One seen from afar. This dungeon. Yes, it looks more like a dungeon than a fortified house. This is at best nothing. I think that residents had their houses all around the keep, often houses made of mud, straw and wood. The stone being reserved for the fortified house.
This small tower was used for two functions. The first was used as a nesting box for pigeons. In the upper part under the roof there is an opening which allows the bird to enter and exit. Nearly 100 niches were built inside to allow the bird to rest at night and reproduce, thus being safe from predators. The lower part allowed all the droppings to be collected, being one of the best natural fertilizers.
The visit is over and I hope that all the photos were pleasant to look at. I wish you a good week on Hive!
