castle Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/castle/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:12:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Review: Guédelon – a medieval castle in the making https://mechtraveller.com/2020/08/review-guedelon-a-medieval-castle-in-the-making/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/08/review-guedelon-a-medieval-castle-in-the-making/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2020 11:31:33 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6245 Guédelon is a 13th century castle under construction from scratch using only medieval tools, materials and techniques. It is a fascinating project in experimental archaeology that began in 1995 – a quarter century ago! Construction began two years later* in a former quarry in the middle of a forest near Treigny in Burgundy, France. The […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/08/review-guedelon-a-medieval-castle-in-the-making/feed/ 4 The Armouries at Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck https://mechtraveller.com/2018/07/the-armouries-at-schloss-ambras-innsbruck/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/07/the-armouries-at-schloss-ambras-innsbruck/#comments Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:40:53 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3504 It’s not just the amazing suits of medieval armour in this collection that make this small museum so special. It’s the way they were meticulously displayed and catalogued in the middle of the 16th century, that makes this and the castle’s other curiosities, the world’s oldest museum! Schloss Ambras, on the hills outside Innsbruck in […]

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