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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on May 09, 2025, 11:56 AM

Title: La garde guerin medieval fortress village
Post by: Imperial Dave on May 09, 2025, 11:56 AM
https://www.journee-mondiale.com/en/this-medieval-french-fortress-village-once-housed-knights-who-shared-power-equally-locals-say-its-europes-most-authentic-time-capsule/

Fascinating
Title: Re: La garde guerin medieval fortress village
Post by: Erpingham on May 09, 2025, 12:06 PM
The non-AI generated village looks quite interesting too.
Title: Re: La garde guerin medieval fortress village
Post by: Jim Webster on May 09, 2025, 01:26 PM
I was going to upload a photo of the village now but the system won't let me and I don't have a google account
Title: Re: La garde guerin medieval fortress village
Post by: Erpingham on May 09, 2025, 01:37 PM
Here's one from wikipedia.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/La_Garde-Gu%C3%A9rin_%28_Pr%C3%A9vench%C3%A8res_%29.jpg)

Looks like a parched version of a village in the Dales.
Title: Re: La garde guerin medieval fortress village
Post by: Erpingham on May 09, 2025, 01:44 PM
This one from the village website shows the layout and also how it is perched on the side of the gorge.

(https://www.lagardeguerin.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/accueil-la-Garde-Guerin-scaled.jpg)
Title: Re: La garde guerin medieval fortress village
Post by: Jim Webster on May 09, 2025, 02:04 PM
Yes the one on the village website is the one I'd found.