“Deep in the forests of central France, a team of masons replicates in painstaking detail the construction of an entire medieval castle.
“The Chateau de Guedelon was started in 1998, after local landowner Michel Guyot wondered whether it would be possible to build a castle from scratch, using only contemporary tools and materials.
“In woods surrounding the castle, craftsmen ply all the trades required for so monumental an endeavour. Stone-cutters and carpenters fashion the raw materials. A blacksmith forges the nails. Ropes, baskets and roof-tiles are all made on site.
“What happens when the castle is finally finished, no-one is really sure. One option is to start extending.”
- BBC
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Thank you very much to Simon Fielding and to Dr. Annie Sutherland.
Wonder if he has a license to crenellate ?
I’d like to do the same, but I’d like to build a little 1930s village
Man I get tired just looking at it!
Did they build it from the ground up? or where they old foundations before? the rocks at the bottom look veeery old!! Anyway it looks amazing! what an incredible task and so interesting to see how people managed to build such incredible castles with no heavy machinery and 50 different “safety” laws!!
How awesome is that?! I wonder what it looks like now?