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Tour Du Coin
The tour du coin (or tour de la conférence) was one of the corner towers of the ancient wall of Philippe Auguste in Paris, built between 1190 and 1209. The ''Tour du Coin'' of the wall of Philippe-Auguste This is one of the four main towers of the wall that protected the city against attacks from the river Seine. It stood at the corner of the downstream side of the river (i.e. the west side of the wall) on the right bank, opposite to the Tour de Nesle on the left bank, approximately at the current location of the Pont des Arts. At night, they put chains on ships installed in the middle of the river connecting the two towers to prevent incursions from the river, creating a boom defence. Upstream of the city and on each side of the river, the Tour Barbeau ( fr) (right bank) and the Château de la Tournelle (left bank) had the same goal. These four towers were 25 meters high and 10 m in diameter. The tour du coin look like the tour de Nesle, which is best known. Lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wall Of Philippe Auguste
The Wall of Philip Augustus is the oldest city walls of Paris, city wall of Paris (France) whose plan is accurately known. Partially integrated into buildings, more traces of it remain than of the later fortifications. History The wall was built during the struggles between Philip II of France (called Philip Augustus) and the Anglo-Norman House of Plantagenet. The French king, before leaving for the Third Crusade, ordered a stone wall to be built to protect the French capital in his absence. Origin The walls were fortified from 1190 to 1213, built under the command of Philip Augustus whom also contributed to the cost of building the wall. Any incoming attack from France's main military threat, the English, would arrive from the western end of the Seine and so the western limit of the wall was placed next to the king's royal palace, the Louvre. The building of the wall also had the intention to discourage further urban expansion and to stimulate the usage of undeveloped land withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
