Building a Medieval Castle, in Austria this time

[pocoloco]

Entirely in keeping with medieval construction methods, a castle is being erected in the Austrian town of Friesach. The project, which is scheduled to last 30 years, is being accompanied by a number of historians. On July 5th, the corner stone for the visitors' centre will be laid.

Rest of the story here.

There's a similar project going in France as well. Would be great to take part in this kind of thing.

[Einhander]

I know, right, Minecraft is hard to get off to..

[pocoloco]

Haha Sorry, don't play video/console/PC/etc games

[Slinky]

How does this construction site cope with todays harsh safety regulations? or those regulations dont apply to private companys and volunteers?

[Mat_fr]

There's a similar project going in France as well. Would be great to take part in this kind of thing.

Yep, Guedelon Castle, started in 1997



http://www.guedelon.fr/en/

[picanha the second]

that's nice I always wanted to do that since I saw a report about Guedelon on TV. Now I am working full time aargh but there is a possibility to help as a volunteer...

...on the bottom of this page http://www.guedelon.fr/fr/l-aventure...ipe_01_03.html
is this link: http://www.guedelon.fr/participer-au...aux_fr_07.html

but it doesn't work for me...

[Wally1967]

that's nice I always wanted to do that since I saw a report about Guedelon on TV. Now I am working full time aargh but there is a possibility to help as a volunteer...

...on the bottom of this page http://www.guedelon.fr/fr/l-aventure...ipe_01_03.html
is this link: http://www.guedelon.fr/participer-au...aux_fr_07.html

but it doesn't work for me...

Love to volunteer pity I'm on the other side of the world.

[JCR]

In Germany, as we always have to be peaceful these days, we build a monastery.
Actually, a city-monastery but still not as cool as a castle.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolin..._Me%C3%9Fkirch

[Anzu]

Or just do like they do in Spain and build a cathedral by yourself...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_G..._Mart%C3%ADnez

[23EightySix]

There is a guy in the states who builds castles also.



http://www.castlemagic.com/color.html

[Nyusu]

In Germany, as we always have to be peaceful these days, we build a monastery.
Actually, a city-monastery but still not as cool as a castle.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolin..._Me%C3%9Fkirch

Actually its more cool then a castle. We got castles here everywhere. But whole city full of middle ages fanatics is way more impressive. I watched a tv program about this project, was interesting.

[JCR]

The difference is that in Guedelon, Messkirch and Friesach, they're aiming to replicate both the construction process and the work methods of the middle ages.
Hence the ultra long construction times (30-40 years)

Btw, trivia question:
What is the main difference between German style and Anglo-French style castles?

[Lt-Col A. Tack]

Rest of the story here.

There's a similar project going in France as well. Would be great to take part in this kind of thing.

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

[IronFinn]

Real castle with fortifications and towers or just a stone manor?

[Ivan le Fou]

Looks like someone is getting ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.