_"Why do you build a medieval castle"_ *"Because building a cathedral would have been more complicated"* I absolutely love this (slightly paraphrased).
Indeed! Also proof that every time we see stacked stones, "it 'must have been aliens' because people couldn't have..." is just silly. People can do work!
@@cartoonraccoon2078 This project is taking decades as the staff is small. In the actual period probably hundreds of laborers and these castles only took years to build. They sprouted up like mushrooms under Norman rule. Humans are very capable we don't need any stupid alien to help us lol
@@intractablemaskvpmGy It's not only because of the small staff, but also because they do tours of the castle in construction. They are both learning and teaching from the process of building it, so they don't want it to be finished quickly.
Craftsmanship!!! That's why I admire older buildings in NYC and hate when they randomly knock them down to build an ugly building that looks like an ice cube tray. No character whatsoever! The building of this castle is fantastic with people using real talent!!!
Some years before the pandemic I read an article in which some architects were advocating for a return to older construction styles to make cities and twon more liveable again and less sterile.
I'm sure they're not being demolished randomly in favor of an ice cube tray, but they've found some structural weakness and deemed the building unsafe. There was a building that collapsed recently because someone decided to knock out their fireplace when they were renovating their apartment
Fantastic synergy between construction, scholarly research, historical and practical education of scholars, trade workers, and the general public, and tourism that funds the project! The greatest value in the project, by all measures of value, is in its ongoing work rather than in it being so complete as for work to end.
The BBC did a great Series about making a Castle. This one and they show a lot of the steps. Even how the workers lived. Thanks for showing it. It has been a few years since I last saw it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I watched that too, 3 historians who go back in time and live in the time period. They did other series as well, living on a Tudor period farm, an Edwardian farm, etc. Very interesting and entertaining.
There's a documentary series on this castle done in 2014 with Historian Ruth Goodman. I remember seeing it and was fascinated. Have been keeping tabs on the castle ever since. Would love to visit it some day. The show was called Secrets of the Castle. Highly recommended.
They tried to build one in the USA but the Ozark Medieval Fortress was abandoned after a couple of years, a pity no investors ever came forward to complete it.
I'm jealous of these people. To have a passion like they must in the first place, and then getting to live their dream life like the stone mason said. I can't even imagine how peaceful that feels.
I remember reading about this in a book about castles as a child. Now I'm 26 years old and it warms my heart that these people are still continuing the project!
Thanks for sharing that. What a coincidence. I actually think it's 26 years ago the project started. I remember it from over 20 years ago, early in the project. Somewhere I have an old newspaper article about it from around year 2000.
been following this for the better part of over 10 yrs now. My wife found it, and at that time they were saying it would take minimum of 25 yrs to build. Here we are 2+ yrs past that minimum, what a wonderful project.
Yup; they extended the estimated completion date in order to focus more on education and training. To be honest, most of the value of Guedelon is in seeing it under construction. Once the castle is completed, they will need to start a new project to keep the momentum going. Perhaps a church or a village?
This is absolutely amazing. I think this project is just astounding and I admire those hardworking artisans who are creating this masterpiece, bit by bit, piece by piece. I would offer to help if I lived nearby, but I'm 10,000 miles away! It makes one appreciate the incredible skills of medieval stonemasons, blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, glazers, plumbers, architects, roofers, painters, woodworkers, laborers, et al. Really breathtaking.
I think it's also important to note that going back and exploring long abandoned/forgotten methods can help reveal things we may have missed when upgrading to the next best thing. We may had improved but what did we give up for that and can we utilize what was given up today now that technology has gone even further! I absolutely love seeing how the castle has progressed over the years.
you're correct, actually the castle got funded as an "experimental archeology" project, it helped rediscover a bunch of technique that were forgotten, or rembered but full of mistakes that they could correct. I think it's really great to know that even in this day and age, we still have the know-how to make beautiful buildings just out of plain old rocks.
This is one of the coolest projects happening on our planet today I would argue; its not only fascinating but doing a superior job at preserving historical techniques and technologies.
My grandfather was a carpenter. I do lots of types of art and crafts. As a creative type, I can say that I appreciate and love doing things old school, far more than to use modern technology.
I was hired to replicate an end table for this one couple, they took photos, measurements, and the initials and symbol of the maker. It was the guy that trained my grandfather, so I sent them an image of the design for the table about 10 minutes later and my mark. same symbol as the guy that made it, but with my initials. those guys were in California, and I was in PA. I ended up making a buffet for their dining room in the same design and my uncle made a few more things for them. One thing I learned, how to turn a 4 ft log into a chest and even the brass work on it.
Correct me if I'm wrong but everything has been built using techniques and materials of the time. Only 3 contemporary items can be found on the site,: ropes, goggles and working shoes, all this for insurance reasons. Everything else, from the iron for the tools, to the last roof tile was produced on the premises, with the materials found on the premises.
@@dandomine Ha ha! I know they had ropes in the middle age. They make ropes on the site but they are not used to haul heavy loads. What I meant is that workers on the site must use plastic/nylon/or whatever ropes for insurance purposes.
As a modern (as far as I can claim that) blacksmith, I can tell you that the steel they use is very much modern and not locally sourced. You can see the homogeneous steel as it's being heated to red hot. Old fashioned iron has a different look to it. Next they would use a medium/high carbon insert in their tools for the working end, you would see a line between the two different materials. Creating iron bloom and subsequently steel from raw materials is a highly laborious process, that will yield a low(er) quality material compared to modern materials. The blacksmithing processes however are very much of the age. You don't have to be 100% authentic, it's close enough.
The knowledge of the old ways, along with the benefit of modern research to prevent the use of harmful substances. The best of both worlds, brought together to keep history alive for the modern age. I love to hear that the skills developed and honed there are helping to restore Notre-Dame. Proof, if there ever was any, that the ways of the past were not only better in some ways, but still as relevant as ever. Imagine how hard it would've otherwise been to find people with the knowledge and hands-on skill for such an undertaking, were it not for the years that this wonderful place had been growing. Amazing. I hope to go there and see it myself, someday.
In many French cities for the last ten years or so they had to destroy buildings from the 1960's, recent 50-60 year old buildings, because they were already on the point of collapsing, whereas in the historic centers some buildings built centuries ago, as far back as the middle-ages, are still standing straight and strong.
I encourage every foreigner to come and visit this site, it is very interesting and impressive, and it is an opportunity to visit the heart of France, very different from Paris but full of hidden jewels like this
every now and then a video about Guédelon is released, its a nice way to see the evolution. first one I saw they were finishing the main building, and not a single tower had a roof
They had a similar project in Arkansas where they were building a castle using authentic techniques. We visited it once or twice. I think it shut down about 15 years ago.
They assumed locals would volunteer labor, as I recall. Its remoteness from urban centers worked against it; not enough enthusiasts around who could afford to donate time & labor. I never understood why the round tower had arrow slits on the ground floor!
I was reading a book about the period following the collapse of the Westerrn Roman Empire in Britain. It made the observation that one of the problems the Britons faced was that industry had become centralised so when these large scale production sites were lost to the encroaching Anglo-Saxons or just plague, a disproportionate amount of craft/industrial knowledge was lost. As a result much of Britain ended up with a culture that was technologically inferior to that of their Iron Age ancestors who faced off against the Romans. It's good to know that such skills as being learned at Guedolon are being preserved in human memory. You never know what's around the corner.
L'un de mes endroits préférés. Je l'ai visité pour la première fois il y a 20 ans et plusieurs fois depuis. C'est toujours intéressant de voir comment progresse la construction.
j'adorerais y aller, malheureusement d'ici a ce que j'ai des gosses et qu'ils soient en age d'apprécier ca, le chateau sera terminé depuis belle lurette. j'espere qu'ils trouveront un projet intéressant pour continuer.
This is a good project and a good idea. It's a good way of preserving and continuing medieval architecture and showing how effective the construction techniques of that era will always be.
My town used to be a roman fort so we also have something like this in our town but roman style. It used to be a lot bigger back in the day, but sadly due to lack of tourist they had to scale down a lot. It used to also show how the tribal people outside of the roman fort (and more specifcally locally) lived. You could even go there and bake bread the roman way etc... very cool.
Fantastic idea.!!! Teaching people life long skills. Teaching people thousand year old stone building craftsmanship. People will always be building out of stone.
Lots of stone buildings in Europe, stone buildings also always need repairs so stonemasons aren't a craft likely to die out any time soon [my landlord is a stone mason & master craftsman, builds houses, garden walls etc all done by shaping the stones using a hammer and chisel and his youngest son is following in his footsteps].
@@kracao He did not say he was not a big fan of French people, but of France. It is his right. There are probably countries of which you are not a fan, aren't there ?
@@heliedecastanet1882 France is nothing without french people , you can stupidly hate what you want, we give it back to you a hundredfold and that is also our right.
@@kracao Not to be a fan of something doesn't mean you despise it or hate it. You can prefer, for example, tropical countries, desert landscapes, steppe sceneries, Asian food, South American food, Italian food, etc, etc… I guess that you too are not necessarily fan of some countries, without meaning that you despise them, are you ?
Oh wow they are still building it. I heard about it the first time as a kid, when they were just a few years in and i was really sad there is nothing similar in Germany and i really wanted to be a part of it, even though barely anyone thought it will be anything substancial. But now it has become a great example of 'living history' in the full meaning of the term. Happy to see how far they've come and that it's not only going strong, but has grown as a project and in numbers of participants.
This is experimental archeology. by recreating the techniques, they help understanding the remains found in archeology. they help understanding what the times really were, help understanding the economy of the times and give a new light to the text that are left from these times.
There also is a smaller, more rural project in south-west germany, north of lake constance, called Campus Galli. Experimental archeology kinda goes hard
And Guédelon and Campus Galli collaborate on some of their projects. One example I seem to recall was the rawhide windows where each tested different procedures, they then compared the results and were able to improve both through the experience.
So beautiful! This is how we used to live... A Hard Day's Work and something to be proud of, to be connected to Nature and everything around us not like California forever and Silicon Valley.
Sooo you want MORE cars, MORE traffic, MORE parking lots, instead of a walkable city like 'California Forever'?? 😂 Go look at Saudi Arabia's plans for the future, like 'Kalbod', and 'Neom' and then you'll see that we're not doing a darn thing in USA 😂
Soooo you want MORE cars, MORE traffic, MORE huge parking lots instead of a 'walkable' city like 'California Forever'? Go look at Saudi Arabia's plans for the future like 'Kalbod' and 'Neom' and then tell me if we're ever going to build Megalithic structures like that in USA
There is definitely an inn, but I can't recall there being a brewery (I may be wrong though). Keep in mind Guedelon is in Burgundy... so wine is pretty easy to get.
Well, the US does have 'modern castles' that were built in recent decades. Though usually they are more like fantasy castles based on Disney, who based their castles on modern european castles (modern in european standards, from the late 19th to early 20th century, namely the Neuschwanstein castle that was built with electric light). And of course built with modern technology. But there is no reason why such a project couldn't be done in the US, all the knowledge for that is readily available on the internet nowadays and you guys sure as heck have the space, the ressources and the lax building regulations. And I know there are several dedicated medieval communities and even organizations.
:) You all are Amazing, every time I look in it's better. To *watch (UA-cam wise) a castle being built in all of the right ways and by the people with the right skills it's like a fantasy come to life.
I remember when they broke ground on this. I'm happy to see that they didn't give up. Personally, I would have built a keep instead, something smaller.
Das Ziel dieses Projekts ist das bauen und nicht der fertige Bau. Deswegen entstehen auch immer wieder Nebenprojekte und andere Teile schreiten etwas langsamer fort. Ich erinnere mich aber nicht dass der Graben bewässert werden soll. Viele Burgen des Typs von Philippe-Auguste sind effektiv Wasserburgen, aber nicht alle und Guédelon liegt wenn ich mich Recht erinnere nicht so dass ein Wassergraben viel Sinn ergeben würde.
3:19 For those wondering where the Freemasons came from, the Notre Dame fire is a great example: they used skilled workers from hundreds of kilometres away. All trades in those days were ruled by a Guild you had to be a member of. This was to ensure quality but also to protect the local trades market. It meant you couldn't work outside of your Guild's area, with huge fines and expulsion for those who did. The only tradespeople allowed to work where they wanted, were the masons as they were needed to build massive cathedrals. It was impossible to all get them in the Guild of the area or the communicate with they Guilds the workers belonged to. A system of secret handshakes was developed, amongst other things, to identify yourself. It is impossible to forge a complex handshake, which you need to know. Being able to work in a highly sought after trade, made masons rich and influential for their social position. The ability to move to different cities for work, meant they travelled much more than the average person and learned a lot more. Not just knowledge, but people. Over time, it became a society of rich and powerful people. Nothing secret, as it has been known since the day they started.
@olgahein4384 well Austria is small, France is big. Nevertheless it is an important project which will grow over 30 years and finally get also bigger. Its fascinating!
It was actually normal in the medieval period to use Roman made stones to built castles from older destroyed monuments or one's that actually weren't. Very cool detail from them💯👌🏻
This is cool I saw the castle before but they were always old uploads I'm glad this was an update instead and how they helped Notridam is neat didn't know that eather
I always love seeing how Guédelon is getting along.
YEP - I have been following it for years.
every couple of years someone makes a video about them, which is the only way im keeping up
@@MrDukeSilverr haha, same for me. Always fun to check in. ^^
One day you will see it completed, and then wonder wher the next one will be built?🤔
Yeah, every year or two a video comes out with the progress. Exactly what I was thinking as it was loading.
_"Why do you build a medieval castle"_
*"Because building a cathedral would have been more complicated"*
I absolutely love this (slightly paraphrased).
Ngl I would love to see a new Cathedral. 😍
@@gauntlettcf5669 It would be nice when they're done with the castle to see them build a church for the village !
@@Brokokush Absolutely! You are SO right! 😍
@@gauntlettcf5669 we should first finish those cathedrals that we started in Spain :D then build a new one
@@johnmacmillan3941 the one they started building in cologne 1248 isn´t finished till today ^^
True appreciation of how hard it was to make these marvels of construction without modern technology.
Indeed! Also proof that every time we see stacked stones, "it 'must have been aliens' because people couldn't have..." is just silly. People can do work!
@@cartoonraccoon2078 And with all the modern tech and computers, people these days can only build gaudy McMansions and cookie-cutter skyscrapers.
@@cartoonraccoon2078 This project is taking decades as the staff is small. In the actual period probably hundreds of laborers and these castles only took years to build. They sprouted up like mushrooms under Norman rule. Humans are very capable we don't need any stupid alien to help us lol
@@intractablemaskvpmGy Normal Castles are more like a Mott and Bailey. The castle in the clip is way more advanced than that.
@@intractablemaskvpmGy It's not only because of the small staff, but also because they do tours of the castle in construction. They are both learning and teaching from the process of building it, so they don't want it to be finished quickly.
Craftsmanship!!! That's why I admire older buildings in NYC and hate when they randomly knock them down to build an ugly building that looks like an ice cube tray. No character whatsoever! The building of this castle is fantastic with people using real talent!!!
However there is some interest in re-learning stone work/craft. To help end all of use of glass.
Some years before the pandemic I read an article in which some architects were advocating for a return to older construction styles to make cities and twon more liveable again and less sterile.
I'm sure they're not being demolished randomly in favor of an ice cube tray, but they've found some structural weakness and deemed the building unsafe. There was a building that collapsed recently because someone decided to knock out their fireplace when they were renovating their apartment
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Have you seen that the bricks are in 3-4 rows or more? I always wanted to know how all that detail work with the bricks on one row.
Fantastic synergy between construction, scholarly research, historical and practical education of scholars, trade workers, and the general public, and tourism that funds the project!
The greatest value in the project, by all measures of value, is in its ongoing work rather than in it being so complete as for work to end.
The BBC did a great Series about making a Castle. This one and they show a lot of the steps. Even how the workers lived.
Thanks for showing it. It has been a few years since I last saw it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I watched that too, 3 historians who go back in time and live in the time period. They did other series as well, living on a Tudor period farm, an Edwardian farm, etc. Very interesting and entertaining.
Another poster mentioned Secrets of the Castle. Maybe thats the one? Its on youtube!
@@seitavw yes that is the one.
I remember seeing that years ago...and I mean YEARS ago. Can't believe they're still at it. Tells you how long it took to build a castle.
There's a documentary series on this castle done in 2014 with Historian Ruth Goodman. I remember seeing it and was fascinated. Have been keeping tabs on the castle ever since. Would love to visit it some day. The show was called Secrets of the Castle. Highly recommended.
Peter Ginn was also in it - he's an archeologist. Very good series.
They made some good progress in the last 10 years.
I had the accompanying book as well...great stuff!
@@kristend344 She's worked with him on many other series such as the Tudor/Edwardian/Wartime Farms
They tried to build one in the USA but the Ozark Medieval Fortress was abandoned after a couple of years, a pity no investors ever came forward to complete it.
I'm jealous of these people. To have a passion like they must in the first place, and then getting to live their dream life like the stone mason said. I can't even imagine how peaceful that feels.
I remember reading about this in a book about castles as a child. Now I'm 26 years old and it warms my heart that these people are still continuing the project!
Thanks for sharing that. What a coincidence. I actually think it's 26 years ago the project started. I remember it from over 20 years ago, early in the project. Somewhere I have an old newspaper article about it from around year 2000.
been following this for the better part of over 10 yrs now. My wife found it, and at that time they were saying it would take minimum of 25 yrs to build. Here we are 2+ yrs past that minimum, what a wonderful project.
Yup; they extended the estimated completion date in order to focus more on education and training. To be honest, most of the value of Guedelon is in seeing it under construction. Once the castle is completed, they will need to start a new project to keep the momentum going. Perhaps a church or a village?
@@kentslocum Or both !
This is absolutely amazing. I think this project is just astounding and I admire those hardworking artisans who are creating this masterpiece, bit by bit, piece by piece. I would offer to help if I lived nearby, but I'm 10,000 miles away! It makes one appreciate the incredible skills of medieval stonemasons, blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, glazers, plumbers, architects, roofers, painters, woodworkers, laborers, et al. Really breathtaking.
I think it's also important to note that going back and exploring long abandoned/forgotten methods can help reveal things we may have missed when upgrading to the next best thing. We may had improved but what did we give up for that and can we utilize what was given up today now that technology has gone even further! I absolutely love seeing how the castle has progressed over the years.
you're correct, actually the castle got funded as an "experimental archeology" project, it helped rediscover a bunch of technique that were forgotten, or rembered but full of mistakes that they could correct.
I think it's really great to know that even in this day and age, we still have the know-how to make beautiful buildings just out of plain old rocks.
This is one of the coolest projects happening on our planet today I would argue; its not only fascinating but doing a superior job at preserving historical techniques and technologies.
My grandfather was a carpenter. I do lots of types of art and crafts. As a creative type, I can say that I appreciate and love doing things old school, far more than to use modern technology.
I was hired to replicate an end table for this one couple, they took photos, measurements, and the initials and symbol of the maker. It was the guy that trained my grandfather, so I sent them an image of the design for the table about 10 minutes later and my mark. same symbol as the guy that made it, but with my initials. those guys were in California, and I was in PA. I ended up making a buffet for their dining room in the same design and my uncle made a few more things for them. One thing I learned, how to turn a 4 ft log into a chest and even the brass work on it.
I saw something about this years ago, nice to get the update😊
Correct me if I'm wrong but everything has been built using techniques and materials of the time. Only 3 contemporary items can be found on the site,: ropes, goggles and working shoes, all this for insurance reasons. Everything else, from the iron for the tools, to the last roof tile was produced on the premises, with the materials found on the premises.
Ropes were definitely available in medieval times, as for the other two one can forgive them for keeping themselves safe.
@@dandomine Ha ha! I know they had ropes in the middle age. They make ropes on the site but they are not used to haul heavy loads. What I meant is that workers on the site must use plastic/nylon/or whatever ropes for insurance purposes.
@@ignatiuskhan Sorry, misunderstood that!
As a modern (as far as I can claim that) blacksmith, I can tell you that the steel they use is very much modern and not locally sourced. You can see the homogeneous steel as it's being heated to red hot. Old fashioned iron has a different look to it. Next they would use a medium/high carbon insert in their tools for the working end, you would see a line between the two different materials. Creating iron bloom and subsequently steel from raw materials is a highly laborious process, that will yield a low(er) quality material compared to modern materials.
The blacksmithing processes however are very much of the age. You don't have to be 100% authentic, it's close enough.
Interesting comments! ty everyone!
1:23 Well, in Meßkirch (Germany) they are currently building a whole monastery after they were inspired by Guédelon.
That is sehr schön!
Campus Galli ? I heard the Guedelon guys went see how they dealt with oiled goat skins for windows.
Extremly impressive. That they helped with Notre Dame shows that the intentions; keeping these traditions alive; worked.
The knowledge of the old ways, along with the benefit of modern research to prevent the use of harmful substances. The best of both worlds, brought together to keep history alive for the modern age. I love to hear that the skills developed and honed there are helping to restore Notre-Dame. Proof, if there ever was any, that the ways of the past were not only better in some ways, but still as relevant as ever. Imagine how hard it would've otherwise been to find people with the knowledge and hands-on skill for such an undertaking, were it not for the years that this wonderful place had been growing. Amazing.
I hope to go there and see it myself, someday.
In many French cities for the last ten years or so they had to destroy buildings from the 1960's, recent 50-60 year old buildings, because they were already on the point of collapsing, whereas in the historic centers some buildings built centuries ago, as far back as the middle-ages, are still standing straight and strong.
Using their skills to help repair the Notre Dame to me is everything coming full circle. Its a beautiful thing what they're doing.
That's amazing using original pigments to do their wall designs. Like a French colonial Williamsburg.
I encourage every foreigner to come and visit this site, it is very interesting and impressive, and it is an opportunity to visit the heart of France, very different from Paris but full of hidden jewels like this
Dream job. I love learning how people did stuff before modern tools and techniques.
Even the way they are building the castle is a work of art. Lovely.
every now and then a video about Guédelon is released, its a nice way to see the evolution.
first one I saw they were finishing the main building, and not a single tower had a roof
Truly wonderful...rediscovering ancient knowledge.
They had a similar project in Arkansas where they were building a castle using authentic techniques. We visited it once or twice. I think it shut down about 15 years ago.
They assumed locals would volunteer labor, as I recall. Its remoteness from urban centers worked against it; not enough enthusiasts around who could afford to donate time & labor. I never understood why the round tower had arrow slits on the ground floor!
@@leeburks4540 If it was just a bit closer to Branson, I wonder if they could have drawn more folks.
Is anyone thinking of giving it a go again? It would be an awesome workshop project for people going there for month long learning by doing.
typical american laziness
One more world war away from this castle too being a thing of the past.....
I love the attention to detail and history, Great Wall art, and living history
This will be very useful. This is a repository of conservation skills.
I was reading a book about the period following the collapse of the Westerrn Roman Empire in Britain. It made the observation that one of the problems the Britons faced was that industry had become centralised so when these large scale production sites were lost to the encroaching Anglo-Saxons or just plague, a disproportionate amount of craft/industrial knowledge was lost. As a result much of Britain ended up with a culture that was technologically inferior to that of their Iron Age ancestors who faced off against the Romans. It's good to know that such skills as being learned at Guedolon are being preserved in human memory. You never know what's around the corner.
That is so Epic. This is something I’d want to volunteer on the weekends!
This sparked a memory of seeing this on TV a long time ago. Glad to see the project is still making progress!
Absolutely beautiful. Magnificent castle
A great credit to the workers and everyone involved
So cool to see it grow over the years
I think this is such an awesome project! So worth the journey on all sides.
L'un de mes endroits préférés. Je l'ai visité pour la première fois il y a 20 ans et plusieurs fois depuis. C'est toujours intéressant de voir comment progresse la construction.
Très bien!
j'adorerais y aller, malheureusement d'ici a ce que j'ai des gosses et qu'ils soient en age d'apprécier ca, le chateau sera terminé depuis belle lurette. j'espere qu'ils trouveront un projet intéressant pour continuer.
27 years into a 25 year project...
This is so awe inspiring
This is a good project and a good idea. It's a good way of preserving and continuing medieval architecture and showing how effective the construction techniques of that era will always be.
I have been there twice, last time was 7 years ago, amazing to see how much they have progressed.
Well, they are going extremely slow on purpose so they can still get money out of the tourists and keep using it to teach kids from schools around.
My town used to be a roman fort so we also have something like this in our town but roman style. It used to be a lot bigger back in the day, but sadly due to lack of tourist they had to scale down a lot. It used to also show how the tribal people outside of the roman fort (and more specifcally locally) lived. You could even go there and bake bread the roman way etc... very cool.
Incredible segment
Fantastic idea.!!! Teaching people life long skills. Teaching people thousand year old stone building craftsmanship. People will always be building out of stone.
Lots of stone buildings in Europe, stone buildings also always need repairs so stonemasons aren't a craft likely to die out any time soon [my landlord is a stone mason & master craftsman, builds houses, garden walls etc all done by shaping the stones using a hammer and chisel and his youngest son is following in his footsteps].
Love how much they've gotten done, I watched a documentary on it or TV show can't remember, they are really putting in their souls
I wish the whole world still lived like this
There was a documentary series on British tv about the construction of this castle
This is SO COOL! Thank you for sharing this.
this is just beautiful. Not a big fan of France but to the people taking part in this work I salute with all my heart
we are not big fans of you anymore so we can each go our own way.
@@kracao He did not say he was not a big fan of French people, but of France. It is his right. There are probably countries of which you are not a fan, aren't there ?
@@heliedecastanet1882 France is nothing without french people , you can stupidly hate what you want, we give it back to you a hundredfold and that is also our right.
@@kracao Not to be a fan of something doesn't mean you despise it or hate it. You can prefer, for example, tropical countries, desert landscapes, steppe sceneries, Asian food, South American food, Italian food, etc, etc… I guess that you too are not necessarily fan of some countries, without meaning that you despise them, are you ?
@@heliedecastanet1882 i m not a fan of your mother .
Been watching this cattle build for years. Absolutely love it.
Oh wow they are still building it. I heard about it the first time as a kid, when they were just a few years in and i was really sad there is nothing similar in Germany and i really wanted to be a part of it, even though barely anyone thought it will be anything substancial. But now it has become a great example of 'living history' in the full meaning of the term. Happy to see how far they've come and that it's not only going strong, but has grown as a project and in numbers of participants.
I would genuinely love to work there myself! Such an awesome thing.
Thanks, that is very interesting. My Dad was a stonemason. I bet he would have enjoyed visiting.
Guédelon is my favorite visiting spot nearby Paris. Every 2-3 years I am going there to see the evolution.
this project is absolutely amazing
Yes compared to instant homes made today.😅😅 Just beautiful.
Yes but takes 100x longer and costs 1000x more money
This is experimental archeology. by recreating the techniques, they help understanding the remains found in archeology. they help understanding what the times really were, help understanding the economy of the times and give a new light to the text that are left from these times.
Incredible. Definitely one of the places I would love to visit.
There also is a smaller, more rural project in south-west germany, north of lake constance, called Campus Galli.
Experimental archeology kinda goes hard
And Guédelon and Campus Galli collaborate on some of their projects. One example I seem to recall was the rawhide windows where each tested different procedures, they then compared the results and were able to improve both through the experience.
I remeber reading about this castle as a child, now I'm 20 is crazy how time passes
Wow! Amazingly!
WHAT AN EXCITING PROJECT!!!!!
Awesome to see how some are still using age-long techniques to make buildings and structures like this in our day-n-age to resemble the past.
always good to have an update
It is a really special place!
What a truly wonderful story😊. I enjoyed that a lot.👍👍 TY
Finally got to go there last summer while on vacation. I had a great time there.
Awesome!
I hope this project gets more attention and help
I would love to visit this castle.
This is the best idea moderns have ever come up with. In social services no less..
This is fascinating. Every bit of it.
This is really amazing.
Simply amazing!
So beautiful!
This is how we used to live... A Hard Day's Work and something to be proud of, to be connected to Nature and everything around us
not like California forever and Silicon Valley.
Sooo you want MORE cars, MORE traffic, MORE parking lots, instead of a walkable city like 'California Forever'?? 😂
Go look at Saudi Arabia's plans for the future, like 'Kalbod', and 'Neom' and then you'll see that we're not doing a darn thing in USA 😂
Soooo you want MORE cars, MORE traffic, MORE huge parking lots instead of a 'walkable' city like 'California Forever'?
Go look at Saudi Arabia's plans for the future like 'Kalbod' and 'Neom' and then tell me if we're ever going to build Megalithic structures like that in USA
Aswome job love this
❤I would love to find more projects like this
Awesone!!!!!
I absolutely adore this project ever since I first heard of it over 20 y. ago. I hope one day to be able to participate myself.
This is awesome. I hope they have a brewery.
There is definitely an inn, but I can't recall there being a brewery (I may be wrong though). Keep in mind Guedelon is in Burgundy... so wine is pretty easy to get.
Beautiful!
As an American I'm jealous my country isn't as old and could do something similar :(
Well, the US does have 'modern castles' that were built in recent decades. Though usually they are more like fantasy castles based on Disney, who based their castles on modern european castles (modern in european standards, from the late 19th to early 20th century, namely the Neuschwanstein castle that was built with electric light). And of course built with modern technology. But there is no reason why such a project couldn't be done in the US, all the knowledge for that is readily available on the internet nowadays and you guys sure as heck have the space, the ressources and the lax building regulations. And I know there are several dedicated medieval communities and even organizations.
The original definition of using tools to make tools!!
Carbon Neutral Castle! I love it!
Brilliant movie set as well. Even while its being build.
Thats so freaking cool. Would like to visit it one day.
Love the medieval castles and the look of them. good video
I love how the new medieval castle somehow already looks like an old medieval castle
:) You all are Amazing, every time I look in it's better. To *watch (UA-cam wise) a castle being built in all of the right ways and by the people with the right skills it's like a fantasy come to life.
Amazing!! I want to be a part of the village
I love this initiative!
I remember when they broke ground on this. I'm happy to see that they didn't give up. Personally, I would have built a keep instead, something smaller.
Physically hard work, but nothing is rushed so must be the dream job for all those on the project. 😊
Nach 27 Jahren wird es aber langsam Zeit das die Burg endlich Fertig wird, und der Wassergraben gefüllt wird.
Das Ziel dieses Projekts ist das bauen und nicht der fertige Bau. Deswegen entstehen auch immer wieder Nebenprojekte und andere Teile schreiten etwas langsamer fort. Ich erinnere mich aber nicht dass der Graben bewässert werden soll. Viele Burgen des Typs von Philippe-Auguste sind effektiv Wasserburgen, aber nicht alle und Guédelon liegt wenn ich mich Recht erinnere nicht so dass ein Wassergraben viel Sinn ergeben würde.
3:19 For those wondering where the Freemasons came from, the Notre Dame fire is a great example: they used skilled workers from hundreds of kilometres away.
All trades in those days were ruled by a Guild you had to be a member of. This was to ensure quality but also to protect the local trades market. It meant you couldn't work outside of your Guild's area, with huge fines and expulsion for those who did.
The only tradespeople allowed to work where they wanted, were the masons as they were needed to build massive cathedrals. It was impossible to all get them in the Guild of the area or the communicate with they Guilds the workers belonged to. A system of secret handshakes was developed, amongst other things, to identify yourself. It is impossible to forge a complex handshake, which you need to know.
Being able to work in a highly sought after trade, made masons rich and influential for their social position. The ability to move to different cities for work, meant they travelled much more than the average person and learned a lot more. Not just knowledge, but people.
Over time, it became a society of rich and powerful people. Nothing secret, as it has been known since the day they started.
Peasant jobs nice! I would love a castle.
I want to play this so bad...
*Kingdom Come
In Austria there is also an old castle beeing built this way, it is in Friesach.
Ah right, i heard about that. It was a little tower (well, a thick one) last time i checked.
@olgahein4384 well Austria is small, France is big. Nevertheless it is an important project which will grow over 30 years and finally get also bigger. Its fascinating!
It was actually normal in the medieval period to use Roman made stones to built castles from older destroyed monuments or one's that actually weren't. Very cool detail from them💯👌🏻
Fantastic!!
It’s nice…to take the nature and design in ways, another time…😮
Outstanding!
OK, if ever there was a worthwhile project, this is it.
Though they didn't explain how ancient wifi worked... 😁
This is cool I saw the castle before but they were always old uploads I'm glad this was an update instead and how they helped Notridam is neat didn't know that eather
Yes it is an awesome offshoot of real benefit!
Gracias por compartir 1👋🇪🇸