11 February 2008

Château of Roquebrune - the Round Walk - 1

We've entered the Round Walk from the Common Room. The Round Walk goes all the way round the Donjon (the Keep) For a long time all fortresses had a circular walkway which allowed a rapid intervention when attacked.

Posted by Jilly at 14:17

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18 comments:

  1. Janet11 February, 2008

    Neat!
    There was a program on The Travel Channel this weekend featuring Monaco and a place in France. I thought it looked a lot like Menton with all the narrow passageways and buildings built of stone, but it was somewhere else...can't think of the name though.

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  2. Jim Klenke11 February, 2008

    beautiful view.

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  3. Jilly11 February, 2008

    Rambling Round, it could have been Eze village or maybe St. Paul de Vence?

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  4. Janet11 February, 2008

    Aha! It was Eze. Thanks. Is that near Menton?

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  5. quintarantino11 February, 2008

    Oh, Jilly, this is absolytely, simply magnificent. What a view...

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  6. Jilly11 February, 2008

    Rambling Round, Eze is between Monaco and Nice so it wouldn't be appropriate to show it on Menton BUT I will, eventually, feature Eze on Monte Carlo DP.

    From the Italian border it works like this - Menton, Roquebrune-cap-Martin, Monaco, Cap d'Ail, Eze, Beaulieu, Villefranche, Nice....and onwards till you get to Spain....!

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  7. Kate11 February, 2008

    What a spectacular view. If only those walls could talk!!

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  8. Fénix - Bostonscapes11 February, 2008

    And that's what the Castellan and his archers would see every day. Probably they never appreciated the marvelous views nearly as much as people do now.

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  9. isa11 February, 2008

    I can understand why someone would want to attact the Chateau...heck, I'd do it, if my reward was this view ;-)

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  10. M. CHRISTOPHE11 February, 2008

    Le nom de Roquebrune est déjà évocateur du sud, et la photo bonne vraiment envie de partir.

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  11. Anonymous11 February, 2008

    Oh wow. You must have kept the most spectacular photo for last. The view is phenomenal.

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  12. Anonymous11 February, 2008

    Really nice photos and the posts are interesting. I see a bit of historical illustration too.

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  13. Uma por Dia12 February, 2008

    Much better than what we see at TV.

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  14. Steve Buser12 February, 2008

    Jilly, this tour you are taking us on is really what the Internet is all about. Ten years ago, this would have been unthinkable. Now in my living room I can take this amazing castle tour.

    I was think about you and your dogs when I published the shot from the Mandeville Dog Parade today.

    --steve buser
    New Orleans Daily Photo

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  15. alicesg12 February, 2008

    So beautiful. The sight is indeed amazing. The coastline is still very the same from the past. That is fantastic.

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  16. Squirrel12 February, 2008

    when you show the illustration like this, the romance of the location is enhanced. All these photos are so captivating.

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  17. Anonymous12 February, 2008

    Spectacular Jilly. That walkway reminds me of a scene in a movie I once saw - when the hero avoids all of the flying arrows from below while taking out his opponent after a lavish swordfight.
    I think I'll have to come in 2009 too so I can go from Menton right around to Spain (and maybe keep going) and we'll take you with us Jilly!

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  18. Denton12 February, 2008

    Interesting how houses are now on all the terraces. Great view ... thanks for including the old drawing and photo.

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