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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3224281, member: 56653"]It's also a very medieval and surprisingly well thought out image: the chateau with its powerful stronghold guarding over the agricultural landscape.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know the stronghold of Tour Cesar, but it does seem about a century older than Thibaut IV's era. It is also the keep rather than the whole fortified lot. So it might be represented on the coinage in the effigy as the middle crenelated tower above, while the towers of the distinctly 13th century ramparts flank it below, as seen here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]840113[/ATTACH]</p><p>The elevated Tour Cesar from the 12th century, towering above the rest of the fortifications.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]840117[/ATTACH]</p><p>Porte Saint-Jean, reconstructed, probably also crenelated back when it was in use in the 13th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]840118[/ATTACH]</p><p>The crenelated outside wall and the defense towers, as they might have looked in the 13th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not visit the Chateau Provins to be 100% certain of this interpretation, this is just an idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3224281, member: 56653"]It's also a very medieval and surprisingly well thought out image: the chateau with its powerful stronghold guarding over the agricultural landscape. I don't know the stronghold of Tour Cesar, but it does seem about a century older than Thibaut IV's era. It is also the keep rather than the whole fortified lot. So it might be represented on the coinage in the effigy as the middle crenelated tower above, while the towers of the distinctly 13th century ramparts flank it below, as seen here: [ATTACH=full]840113[/ATTACH] The elevated Tour Cesar from the 12th century, towering above the rest of the fortifications. [ATTACH=full]840117[/ATTACH] Porte Saint-Jean, reconstructed, probably also crenelated back when it was in use in the 13th century. [ATTACH=full]840118[/ATTACH] The crenelated outside wall and the defense towers, as they might have looked in the 13th century. I did not visit the Chateau Provins to be 100% certain of this interpretation, this is just an idea.[/QUOTE]
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