Day 13 / Guédelon Castle and then back to Paris, France.

Today, I needed to leave Amboise and travel back to Paris by car in order to make it back to Paris for tomorrow's journey home. Along the way, visited the Guédelon Castle, which was difficult to find but well worth the trouble. The people who worked there were very friendly and helpful!

Small model of the Guédlon castle

Guédelon offers a unique opportunity to see all the phases of a castle's construction as it was done in the 13th century! Fifty people have teamed up to build a castle using the same techniques and materials that were used during the Middle Ages. They function as quarrymen, stonemasons, woodcutters, carpenters, blacksmiths, tile makers, basket makers, rope makers and other titles in order to make every aspect of the building process authentic.  Visitors can watch these processes as they tour the castle.

This castle began in 1997 and is scheduled to take 25 years to complete.


In case you are interested, here is a link to the Guedelon Castle, which also includes information for teachers.
http://www.guedelon.fr/en/the-guedelon-adventure/an-introduction_01_01.html