Plate Photo Stereoscopic Photography Castle Of Pau Towards 1930

Description

pH 33
Dimensions
: 10.5cm by 4.5cm
Glass stereoscopic plate. .
Quick and neat delivery .
Started by the viscounts of Béarn in the 11th century, and in particular by Centulle the Elder, the castle was gradually built throughout the Middle Ages. It is above all a military work, it is a typical fortified castle, built at the top of the small hill which dominates the Gave delimited by the Hédas ravine.
From its construction, it took on symbolic importance: three stakes (paü, in Bearn) were installed to designate the limits of the future castle. This therefore designates, by metonymy, the city itself. These stakes, symbolizing fidelity and righteousness, are each presented as the axis mundi, in a Béarnaise version.
In the 12th century and 13th century, the successive dynasties
pH 33 Dimensions : 10.5cm by 4.5cm Glass stereoscopic plate. . Quick and neat delivery . Started by the viscounts of Béarn in the 11th century, and in particular by Centulle the Elder, the castle was gradually built throughout the Middle Ages. It is above all a military work, it is a typical fortified castle, built at the top of the small hill which dominates the Gave delimited by the Hédas ravine. From its construction, it took on symbolic importance: three stakes (paü, in Bearn) were installed to designate the limits of the future castle. This therefore designates, by metonymy, the city itself. These stakes, symbolizing fidelity and righteousness, are each presented as the axis mundi, in a Béarnaise version. In the 12th century and 13th century, the successive dynasties