Rongnongno wrote:
France, Thiers, year 2015?
What is really fascinating is that the streets and passages were built with a defensive spirit. Every short 'straight' areas were covered by archers waiting at the end of it. They had two escape routes, a cross street or simply running back to the ambush locations.
Notice the ceiling... It was made of oak planks themselves covered by a thick layer of dirt before bing covered by a more 'civilized' wooden floor. This made it hard to catch fire as well insured a relative insulation. Windows on the first floor did not exist unless they were narrow opening... Meurtrières (killing windows). There was another prosaic reason... Taxes were paid depending on the number of windows.
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Interesting set, thanks for posting.