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Hm, does the term Rempart have some special meaning to you, perhaps?Well, there's quite a lot of them actually, for diverse reasons (often sentimental). So let's keep it relativly short.
Hm, does the term Rempart have some special meaning to you, perhaps?Well, there's quite a lot of them actually, for diverse reasons (often sentimental). So let's keep it relativly short.
Well, technically, "remparts" appears in Renaissance. There's simple walls maintaining earth as for resisting gunpowder artillery.
For the large stone walls, "muraille" would be more correct.
Now, in everyday language, "remparts" tends to be used as well for the latter, but there's no use knowing the difference if you can't be pedantic from times to times.
(Interestingly, english language seems to not really make the distinction)
A muraille is a masoned wall, with a variable but generally high height generally without back sustaining.So if I understand clearly, muraille is a word you can use for any defensive walls, including high curtain walls.
Remparts are from trace italienne (star forts) and smaller walls between two bastions, with glacis, ravelins and tenaille. They became retaining walls.
Oh, sorry. When you mentioned sentimental value, and linked to French castles consistently, i thought you had an experience with this:Well, technically, "remparts" appears in Renaissance. There's simple walls maintaining earth as for resisting gunpowder artillery.
For the large stone walls, "muraille" would be more correct.
Now, in everyday language, "remparts" tends to be used as well for the latter, but there's no use knowing the difference if you can't be pedantic from times to times.
(Interestingly, english language seems to not really make the distinction)
(And now, think that's 10,000 known emplacements). Of course, it wasn't rare to have castles very close to each other, if not in vincinity : 2, 3 sometimes 4 castles in a same city or small region (Albi had 2 castles, Cucugnan was stuck between Peyrepertuse and Quéribus)Edit: Just a thought I had: If France had roughly 10.000 castles, that would mean around one castle every 8 km. That is really impressive.
For me that is a little bit too impressive. I mean unsupported by evidence.Edit: Just a thought I had: If France had roughly 10.000 castles, that would mean around one castle every 8 km. That is really impressive.
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Well, it depends on your definition of a "castle".If France had roughly 10.000 castles, that would mean around one castle every 8 km.