Enceintes urbaines et fortification au Moyen Âge. Un exemple : Provins (IXe-XVe s.)

Settlements and countryside of Messenia during the late Middle Ages: the testimony of the fortifications

“…In fact, in the smaller examples (such as Melipirgos, Velika or Paliopirgos) the fort consists only of a central tower surrounded by a fable wall, a kind of chemise, a well-known feature of European military architecture from the period of the eleventh and the twelfth centuries. 58 To a large extent, the walls are presently preserved only up to the level of their inner ground or just above, functioning essentially as retaining elements. They are haphazardly built with plain rubble masonry and lime mortar; reused bricks are only rarely interpolated in the joints.…”