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.

18 comments:

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

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

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

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

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. Le nom de Roquebrune est déjà évocateur du sud, et la photo bonne vraiment envie de partir.

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

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

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  12. Much better than what we see at TV.

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

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

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

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