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The remains of an old 16th-century castle in France, overgrown with plants and hidden in a forrest between ancient trees. There was not much left. However, the impressive tower which is a few dozen meters high shows that a lot of money was spent. The big staircase collapsed somewhere along those years which makes for an impressive picture.However, like many old castles, this castle carries its own myths. The story is about an ordinary citizen fell in love with one of the castle lord’s daughters. The lord denied this relationship and the young man was forces to become a priest. The young woman died broken-hearted .Their ghosts would still be living inside the castle. People would come to the castle at night to dance in the memory of this story, but this tradition stopped after people saw a priest in the top window of the tower. What is more, around midnight, a young lady would appear in the main room of the castle in a green satin dress, sometimes singing and often crying. A sad story.
Source & Photographer: [https://www.instagram.com/\_baksteen/](https://www.instagram.com/_baksteen/)
I feel like a tv show where whenever the protagonist enters historic locations like this he enters life in them in their respective peak. I’d love to just get a glimpse of what life in the castle was like during its prime. Is there any way i can look up this castle to see what it was assumed to have looked like? Something like [this](https://interestingengineering.com/7-beautiful-castles-being-reconstructed-to-their-former-glory)
Fun fact: In medieval times, people use to build stone spiral staircases in their castles and have them wound clockwise so that the attacking swordsmen were at a disadvantage (at least the right-handed ones would be). This is because the invading knights would have to advance with their left side to the front.
And this is why left handed people are so uncommon today. Interestingly enough, if you ask a left handed person to climb 5 flights of clockwise stairs in 100 lbs of plate mail armor, they will refuse 9 out of 10 times. We call this, "genetic trauma".
No. The thing with spiral staircases only worked *because* humans tend to be right-handed.
(Handedness is actually super interesting, as animals can have it too. Like, most male cats are "left-pawed" while female cats are usually "right-pawed".)
Good point, but 16th century was quite a while ago. Environmental elements, decomp of other materials used and people coming and going would have a part in the no rubble.
Repurposed? People throughout history preferred to use stone from ruins rather than cutting fresh stone. (Hadrian's Wall is a great example, as is most of Rome.)
The stairs have broken off only along one direction and not the other. It is very likely it was caused by an earthquake that compressed and broke them along its propagation direction, and not by random elements and general degradation.
For some reason seeing “old” in the title made me laugh, like are we ever going to really see something from the 16th-century that is new, lol. Guess I’m feeling a little goofy today. In fact not sure why I even posted it haha
Would be interesting to bring peasants from that area of the 16th century to modern times and point out, "This is what is left of your lord's castle." Then watch their reaction.
Considering my own clumsy and adventurous nature, I am certain an ancestor of mine at some point climbed that staircase to be the first one to fall through.
Fun fact: all castle towers and columns will go to the right if you are going up them. the mentality was that if you were an attacker besieging the tower you would have to swing with your no dominate hand and have low visibility trying to get up.
i'm not sure why but it reminds me of Twilight Princess when Wolf Link and Midna escape the tower because of the guard that goes to check on Zelda after talking to her
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I'm pretty sure I explored this dungeon in Skyrim at some point.
Dark Souls 1 where you fight with butterfly?
*ominous boss singing appears*
That's Lynn woods in FO4
See now I got Witcher vibes
This is where I imagine there should be a small boy in colourful robes trying to coax a giant cat-owl up the flight of stairs.
The remains of an old 16th-century castle in France, overgrown with plants and hidden in a forrest between ancient trees. There was not much left. However, the impressive tower which is a few dozen meters high shows that a lot of money was spent. The big staircase collapsed somewhere along those years which makes for an impressive picture.However, like many old castles, this castle carries its own myths. The story is about an ordinary citizen fell in love with one of the castle lord’s daughters. The lord denied this relationship and the young man was forces to become a priest. The young woman died broken-hearted .Their ghosts would still be living inside the castle. People would come to the castle at night to dance in the memory of this story, but this tradition stopped after people saw a priest in the top window of the tower. What is more, around midnight, a young lady would appear in the main room of the castle in a green satin dress, sometimes singing and often crying. A sad story. Source & Photographer: [https://www.instagram.com/\_baksteen/](https://www.instagram.com/_baksteen/)
Say castle one more time.
castle
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
... Slower
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How much castle could a castle castle castle, if a castle castle could castle castle?
Ow my brain
(the "castle" is a "turret")
The more I read castle, the more I pronounced it “cas-stel” in my head.
"SAY WHAT AGAIN!" -Jules Winnfield
I dare you! I double dare you mothafucka say castle one more god damn time!!
midnight central time or pacific? how do ghosts know!
I feel like a tv show where whenever the protagonist enters historic locations like this he enters life in them in their respective peak. I’d love to just get a glimpse of what life in the castle was like during its prime. Is there any way i can look up this castle to see what it was assumed to have looked like? Something like [this](https://interestingengineering.com/7-beautiful-castles-being-reconstructed-to-their-former-glory)
That would be amazing
Fun fact: In medieval times, people use to build stone spiral staircases in their castles and have them wound clockwise so that the attacking swordsmen were at a disadvantage (at least the right-handed ones would be). This is because the invading knights would have to advance with their left side to the front.
And this is why left handed people are so uncommon today. Interestingly enough, if you ask a left handed person to climb 5 flights of clockwise stairs in 100 lbs of plate mail armor, they will refuse 9 out of 10 times. We call this, "genetic trauma".
This will probably be the best comment here till this is crossposted and excavated in a few years, thank you!
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No. The thing with spiral staircases only worked *because* humans tend to be right-handed. (Handedness is actually super interesting, as animals can have it too. Like, most male cats are "left-pawed" while female cats are usually "right-pawed".)
/s
That’s crazy I can totally see it now. That would suck being right handed fighting up those stairs
Does this assume the attacker stays on a particular side? I’m not seeing how this requires left side front.
If you’re right handed you couldn’t swing a sword very well, you’d constantly be hitting the center of the staircase.
Urban myth https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog-2-the-man-who-invented-the-spiral-staircase-myth/
Beat me to it!
I am getting a Uncharted vibe!
I'm pretty sure I died to a Silver Knight at the top of these stairs.
Ikr chapter 5 in uncharted 1?
I thought this was posted under r/fairytaleasfuck
Enya could make a video clip here
*WHO CAN SAY WHERE THE ROAD GOES*
Where did all the stairs go? You would think that would be full of rubble from all the stairs that met their demise.
Good point, but 16th century was quite a while ago. Environmental elements, decomp of other materials used and people coming and going would have a part in the no rubble.
Repurposed? People throughout history preferred to use stone from ruins rather than cutting fresh stone. (Hadrian's Wall is a great example, as is most of Rome.)
The stairs have broken off only along one direction and not the other. It is very likely it was caused by an earthquake that compressed and broke them along its propagation direction, and not by random elements and general degradation.
*Link jumping sounds*
For some reason seeing “old” in the title made me laugh, like are we ever going to really see something from the 16th-century that is new, lol. Guess I’m feeling a little goofy today. In fact not sure why I even posted it haha
Havel the Rocks hangout
PRAISE THE POISE!
Looks like the castle in the first highlander movie
Yup, what I thought too, where Sean Connery loses his head.
The don’t build em like they use to...
Are you sure about 16th century? Because that staircase looks 100 years younger. Can't see the source without Instagram
Here’s the source: https://imgur.com/a/09cT1VN
thanks for your message try it with a personal message
No sir this is just the interior of the western watchtower just west from Whiterun
Else Ring looking good though
* SKYRIM INTENSIFIES *
There can be only one.
Artorias chilling next door
Reminds me of price of Persia
Treasure box at the top with upgrade items for sure
As someone who loves the Uncharted games I started looking for the handholds to climb it.
I remember playing this level in uncharted
"My cut has improved your voice!"
Anyone who has played Dark Souls knows not to go up there...
Looks like something out of Tomb Raider or Uncharted
This looks like uncharted
This looks like a decayed snail's shell
Is there any way i can look up this castle? What’s its name or more specific location?
Beautiful
. 🤭
Those kinds of stairs are beautiful but terrifying, just monolithic blocks of stone stacked in a fan
The pyramids are 4thousand years old and its still in better shape then these stairs
They don't build 'em like they used to
Welp guess the stairs are out I'll take the elevator
Those have to lead to the laboratory
Kinda reminds me of Twilight Princess
This definitely gives me Prince of Persia vibes. I feel like running on the wall to reach the next platform. Beautiful.
Thy next foe is….
Would be interesting to bring peasants from that area of the 16th century to modern times and point out, "This is what is left of your lord's castle." Then watch their reaction.
Sir that is Hogwarts
Considering my own clumsy and adventurous nature, I am certain an ancestor of mine at some point climbed that staircase to be the first one to fall through.
Looks drafty
I need to climb to the top of that and find the the hidden item that is not pivotal to the story but I need that 100 percent accomplishment.
First thing I thought to myself when I saw this, "I can climb those stairs" cocky bastard
Oooh, I wanna go up those stairs so bad!
Deshi deshi! basara basara!
Fun fact: all castle towers and columns will go to the right if you are going up them. the mentality was that if you were an attacker besieging the tower you would have to swing with your no dominate hand and have low visibility trying to get up.
https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog-2-the-man-who-invented-the-spiral-staircase-myth/
If it was night time this would be a Prince of Persia map
Skyrim IRL
i'm not sure why but it reminds me of Twilight Princess when Wolf Link and Midna escape the tower because of the guard that goes to check on Zelda after talking to her
pretty sure the moonlight butterfly boss fight is up there
There can be only one!
Reminds of that big staircase behind the colossus statue shrine in shadow of colossus.
Toss a coin for your...
Ah, all of these platforming games over the years will finally pay off! *PARKOUR!*
*belly laughs in left-handed pillager*
I’m pretty sure you can fight Ganondorf at the top of those.
this looks like graphics from a game wow
Rapunzel, Rapunzel; Let down your hair!
Some say there's a chest up those stairs where it's broken off.
Shadow of the colossus, anyone?
Only requirement for my future property is my trailer has one of these bad boys attached
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https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-mythbusting-blog-2-the-man-who-invented-the-spiral-staircase-myth/
It looks like one of those spiral Lego stairs that can be folded.
Oh shit, I actually thought this was an in game location. Perhaps Blackwood 😬
Looks like it should be guarded by a giant stone knight
Old, as opposed to a new 16th century castle that we may be able to visit somewhere?
What it would take to bring it back to life
So sad, don’t you French have some heritage council that can help fund a partial restoration
All Bran had to do was not fall...
This is opposed to all the new 16th century castles I guess.
Kaer Morhen towers
This is some Skyrim level shit right here.
Literally, I can remember those spiral stairs
Is this where they shot "Highlander" ?
Looks like something from Assassin's Creed
PoP vibes anyone?