Chantier Médiéval de Guédelon is the site of a castle under construction using 13th century techniques. It's a 25 year project currently in its 14th year. From what we could tell when visiting today, with the exception of 21st century safety requirements, they are generally staying true to the plan. We thought that a mid-week visit would avoid crowds - what we didn't anticipate was a different kind of crowd, busloads of school kids on educational field trips. There were a couple of senior citizen busloads too, but apart from their tendency to stop suddenly and inexplicably at points where trails got narrow, they are generally easy to pass. The classes of kids are more like a cross between an amoeba and a snake in their movement patterns, much less predictable and once on a course impenetrable. The link to their web site is http://www.guedelon.fr/en/the-guedelon-adventure_01.html and is worth going to. You can also look for videos of the construction on youtube. But this is some of what we saw.
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| Hamster wheel (they call it a squirrel cage) for lifting stones to the work area. |
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| Blacksmithing. |
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Treadle powered lathe. |
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| Stone masonry. |
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| Isaac's doppelgänger |
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