Building a Medieval Castle in Modern Times

It’s hard to fathom how magnificent castles were built centuries ago. One group set out to understand just that by building their own masterpiece two hours outside of Paris. Tucked away in a forest, a team of master builders and archeologists are attempting to construct Guédelon, a castle from the 13th century, using only medieval techniques.

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[fireaza]

This is going to confuse the hell out of future archaeologists!

[luckyviet]

i like how they're also dressed appropriately.

[devastator]

Seeing videos like this wants me to just dedicate my life to making something unique, for the fulfilment

[hitmanholland]

The stockpile is full my lord ( memories)

[jfkennedy]

I definitely went here for like a school thing a few years ago and we all got excited cuz we were going to “help build it” for a day, we ended up just carrying piles of lumber up a hill for 2 hours lol

[VasileIuga]

Much respect from Romania for their work.

[noannellesky]

I had the chance to visit it twice already, approx 5 years apart, and it was awesome to see the progress made. I'll go and visit again once it's all done. It's such a great project. I love it!

[Seamus]

I'm waiting to hear "Silly English-Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!!" from the ramparts

[funny-video-YouTube-channel]

I hope they will open it to public one day !

[TheRedHorseman]

im glad to find other Shadiversity fans here right now.

[Emrys]

It has been my dream as an historian to build/ open a number of historicaly accreate themed hotels showing people what it was really like. This vid will aid me in building a castle (should my idea take off) thank you amazing vid

[JonatasAdoM]

Someone should show this do Shadversity!

[IrishBirdy]

A man in Lebanon Ohio built a castle by hand too. He gathered all of the stones from the river close by and built the whole thing by himself. It's pretty impressive.

[amirulamin]

This place was my dream. I always dreaming for some amazing place like this. Somebody please take me there

[isweartofuckinggod]

I have literally always wanted to know what one of these would look like newly built! I am very excited about this project!

[tracy-annmartin]

Incredible! It's only sad that it will take so long! A dream of mine to live in a castle but to appreciate the amount of work it takes to build in the 13th century way and its resilience! They last far longer than modern buildings because they were built to withhold from attacks in battle... Bravo! Wish i were a part of this :) Good luck and I hope you all get to see it finished every single one of you!

[ladyalfhildrforestofvioletmist]

I've been watching videos on LARP and then I bumped into this. So, naturally, it made me imagine what it would be like to larp in that castle and then I started wondering if they'd hold larps there once it's done :)

[RobertAlexanderRM]

This is REALLY cool guys! Keep up the great work. I really hope one day to be able and come to visit your new old castle! :-) Vive la France! :-)

[SuperLn]

I visited it as a child, I can see that the castle is more complete now! :)

[calneill]

I give them credit, it's not easy to build a castle in 21 century! Well done