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Tour de Saint-Martin


Tour de Saint-Martin
Information sur la photo
Copyright: Sandy Garfinkel (messenger1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 185 W: 1 N: 141] (776)
Genre: Lieux
Média: Couleur
Date de prise de vue: 2008-05-29
Catégories: Châteaux, Architecture, Ruines
Appareil photographique: Cannon EOS 400D, Canon 18-55 mm EF-S
Exposition: f/5.6, 1/80 secondes
More Photo Info: [view]
Versions: version originale
Date de soumission: 2008-06-05 4:48
Vue: 271
Points: 2
[Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe
This is a shot from inside the Tour de Saint-Martin; the sunlight filters downward as the top of the tower is completely open to the sky. Some wild plants have sprouted on a narrow shelf that runs across the interior wall.

The tall rectangular stone tower is the only remaining intact structure of a once large and beautiful 12th Century castle that was the Chateau de Saint-Martin. The tower was the castle's keep. The only other part of the castle that remains is a long section of the exterior wall. The castle, except for the tower, was destroyed by the Bernese in 1536.

The castle was located on a hill overlooking surrounding farmlands and was protected by deep ravines on all sides. One of the proud lords of Saint-Martin, at a meeting of lords in Burgundy, was belittled by a lord of France who scoffed at the comparatively small size of estate of the Saint-Martin lords. The lord of Saint-Martin answered, “All of the accumulated harvests of your whole province would not be enough to fill even the ditches surrounding my castle.”

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  • CMJC Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 307 W: 34 N: 104] (1454)
  • [2008-06-06 9:16]

sympa mais pas pour les clostrophobes ! les quelques fleurs au milieu du gris sont bienvenues;
un cliché chargé de symbolles donc...

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