Guédelon, nous bâtissons un château fort
After more than 25 years on site, this book gives a voice to historians, archaeologists, researchers and Guédelon workers, who share their experience and tell the story of how they build a 13th-century fortress every day.
*This book is only available in French*
product description
Launched over 25 years ago, the Guédelon medieval construction site is unique: it revives the building techniques of 800 years ago, using the raw materials of the site in the middle of a Yonne forest.
Maryline Martin, co-founder of Guédelon, and Delphine Bourselot, site manager, were keen to give the floor to Guédelon historians, archaeologists, researchers and “œuvriers” to talk about their experience and how, with the stone extracted from the subsoil, the trees from the forest or the ore extracted from the rock, they build, shape the walls, erect the frameworks, make the doors, frames, ropes and tools, bake the tiles and produce the lime…
Jean-Benoît Héron draws the castle of Guédelon from its origins to the present day.
His illustrations, accompanied by François Folcher’s photographs, plunge us right into the heart of the medieval era and this unparalleled human adventure, at the crossroads of technology, art and history.
Edition: Ouest France
160 pages
*This book is only available in French*
