VISITE DE GUEDELON

 

In the heart of Guédelon forest, in an abandoned quarry, a team of master-builders is building a 13th-century castle from scratch. Quarrymen, stonemasons, carpenter-joiners, woodcutters, blacksmiths, tilers, carters and rope makers…are working together to revive heritage craft skills and to shed light on the world of medieval construction.

On our two days trip visiting Yonne aera, our second choice was Guédelon castle.

It's a special place, where in 1997 some crazy guys decided they will build a castle with no other ways that middle age technics.

You'll find here, in English, all the explanations and some pictures from the beginning.

https://www.guedelon.fr/en/la-chronologie-des-travaux

We liked it a lot, very impressive!

A lot of builders are working and stop to explain their specialties.

How to mesure angles and architectural calculations without a calculator or CAD  - Calcul de toutes les mesures à l'ancienne.

Everything they need is cut, extracted, grown on site.

The trees for the carpenters, the stones for the masons, the plants for the dyes.

The tree...   the carpentry

Les tailleurs de pierre

Stockage de la chaux

L'atelier du forgeron

My favorite place... one wonders why!

La maison des couleurs, fabrication de poudres pour teintures.

That's what we can call "work in progress" and we will be happy and interested to come back in a few years.

Nul doute que nous retournerons suivre les progrès de la construction du château de Guédelon.