freecounterpoint: Duino Castle

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Duino Castle

14 comments:

My Frontier Thesis said...: I see you're out on another Knight's errant, AI. Looks good, looks good.; 11/14/2006 8:11 PM
Arelcao Akleos said...: That is the sort of castle that should be this man's home; 11/14/2006 8:26 PM
Mr roT said...: Fun at the Duino!; 11/15/2006 1:06 AM
Tecumseh said...: Hey, hey, hey! They stole my pic!!; 11/15/2006 1:07 AM
Tecumseh said...: By the way, in the forefront, right next to the castle, there is a little college (for girls? I only saw girls there). Anyone wants to teach there?; 11/15/2006 1:11 AM
Mr roT said...: Wow! Write me a letter, AI. Sorry about mocking Coanda all these years!; 11/15/2006 1:25 AM
Tecumseh said...: Do they study there, or is this a sort of Club Med?

The College encourages students to fully benefit from exposure to the cultural riches of Italy. The area offers remarkable opportunities for cultural education, and the World Cultures department organises for students a programme of cultural visits to such artistic centres as Venice, Bologna, Aquileia, Rome and Padova.

In addition, students are encouraged to attend music recitals, to visit museums and to develop their interests through the many opportunities provided in this culturally and linguistically diverse region.

Sign me up!; 11/15/2006 2:16 AM
My Frontier Thesis said...: That is the sort of castle that should be this man's home.

You crazy romantics: you saw that staircase! Now try getting a vacuum cleaner down each step.; 11/15/2006 2:11 PM
Tecumseh said...: Well, of course, one needs servants to go with such a castle. Maybe a little castle in Transylvania would do, instead?; 11/15/2006 3:55 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: Well, of course, one needs servants to go with such a castle.

Might as well throw in some countryside peasants and about four dozen knights.; 11/15/2006 4:40 PM
Tecumseh said...: I've been several times to this castle. Quite big...; 11/15/2006 5:07 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: Looks like a good strategic locale.

The brick and stone castles are so much cooler than the traditional pile of dirt and wooden palisade walls. Click here and scroll down to "Building the Medieval Castle." It's kinda cool.

Here's an excerpt: A castle was essentially a structure built to fortify an area. Beyond that basic definition, there were a series of variables. Medieval castles could have many designs, be built out of many materials, be situated on many sites, and even be more or less defensible. Very few actually had the elaborate architecture and great luxury that the modern mind tends to associate with castles. Particularly in the tenth and eleventh centuries, castles were fortifications and not initially designed as luxury accommodations. Life in castles could be isolated and harsh, only comfortable by comparison with the lives of the peasants surrounding them. What follows is a description of the most common types of castles in the ninth and tenth centuries (the motte and bailey) and then the high point of medieval stone castle building in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In the process, we will see that any of the comforts associated with noble and castle life only began to emerge in the thirteenth century and were in many cases a development of the fourteenth century and the Renaissance.; 11/15/2006 5:41 PM
Mr roT said...: About the vacuuming, you think this will help?; 11/15/2006 6:15 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: Well JJ, trashy cartoon games, eh? Good to see you in true form!; 11/16/2006 3:22 PM

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