Château de Tarascon by Corwin13
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Château de Tarascon (Bouches du Rhône � France)
Dressé au bord du Rhône, le château de Tarascon défendait l'accès des possessions des comtes de Provence. La construction de l'édifice actuel a débuté en 1400, sous Louis II d'Anjou, et fut achevée un demi-siècle après par le Roi René. Le château tient autant du palais que de la forteresse, avec ses hauts murs nus et presque aveugles, dissimulant le décor raffiné du logis seigneurial et de la cour centrale. Devenu une prison au 17e siècle, il le demeura jusqu'en 1926. Il abrite une suite exceptionnelle de tapisseries du 17e siècle représentant "l'histoire de Scipion", qui a été acquise par la Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites.
Drawn up at the edge of the Rhone, the castle of Tarascon defended the access of the possessions of the counts de Provence. Including/understanding a farmyard preceding the castle itself, the new building, built by Louis II of Anjou since 1400 and finished one half-century afterwards by king Rene, as much the palate as of the fortress with its high naked and almost blind walls holds dissimulating the refined decoration of the home seigneurial and the central court. Prison as from the XVIIIe century, bought by the State in 1926, the castle shelters the exceptional continuation of tapestries of the XVIIe century, acquired by the national Case of the Historic buildings and the Sites, recalling "the history of Scipion".
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Comments (19)
kenwas
Fine work!
bkhook
Beautiful capture. How I envy you to see such beautiful and historic past times.
Punaguy
Wow! Nice capture of this beautifully built castle...what a masterfully built building...Aloha!
DELMUR
quelque chose d'irrl! super!
cricounette
La photo est superbe, magnifique ! et l'historique tr intessant ! Il ne manque que Tartartin ...
pimbotin
Tiens un revenant! T'es allTarascon, con! Blagues mises part, bravo, c'est une merveille!
donvino
A fine historical showing here!
PapaGuru
Grand chateau, wonderful sharp detail of it, great...!
Pierre59
Coucou le revoil et c'est tant mieux, et comme d'hab. toujours une belle photo sans oublier l'historique, bravo Patrick !!!
Lledeline
Contente alement de ton retour, la qualitest toujours au rendez vous. Un clichtr daillde ce superbe site.
Akinom
A gorgeous point of view! Fantastic shot of this impressive building! Big Bravo and big v*****
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful architecture!!!! Excellent shot!!!
sharky_
A very interesting capture and history of this castle. Excellent. Aloha
Cosme..D..Churruca
Perfect shot of this amazing castle... and incredible how well it is preserved ! Very well done !
camera2
A bit of history and minus the people. Teh lighting a tad bit to light since the highlights a blown out and contain little detail. I think it would be alright to have more saturation in the medium areas. POV is percfect as it gives a sense of scale.
cynlee
excellent compo!! just what i imagine a real castle to look like :]
kenmo
Beautiful architecture and photo...
sossy
what a fantastic and elegant looking castle and awesome colored capture! the architecture is breathtaking and it is a pure pleasure to look at! miss ya! ;o)
danob
The light brings out all the wonderful textures!