The ring of chisels against stone and axes sinking into timber resounds ... long effort to construct a medieval castle from the ground up, with nothing but the tools, materials, and methods ...

NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the ...

It’s been 26 years since a small group of people began building Guédelon Castle in central France, using only historically accurate medieval tools and ... were five years into construction ...

Since first breaking the ground in 1997 the workforce have used the tools ... flock to the castle to see their theories tried out and put into practice. Above all, building a medieval castle ...

That’s because you don’t build a medieval ... any Magic Kingdom castle. I found Guédelon, nestled in the old oak woods of Burgundy, by chance a few years ago, pulled into the parking lot ...

PETER GINN: Castles dominated the landscape of the medieval age and ... 17 years into a 25 year project, to build a castle from scratch.Using the tools, techniques and materials of the 13th ...