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MEDIEVAL CASTLES AND HOUSES
                             MEDIEVAL LONDON BRIDGE, BRITAIN, 1176 (WITH 14TH-CENTURY
                        BATTLEMENTED BUILDING, NONESUCH HOUSE, AND TWO-TOWERED GATE)

        Gate-house  Battlemented building        Chapel pier   Railing  Onion-shaped dome        Pitched roof







                       Shaped gable              Crypt of
                                      Nonesuch     Becket   Starling   Two-towered gate      Oriel window
                  Timber framing with   House     Chapel
                 ornamental woodwork                         Pier  Pointed Gothic stone arch  Timber framing


                                   DONJON, COUCY-LE-CHATEAU, AISNE, FRANCE, 1225-1245
                                     Cornice   Pointed            Round    Parapet
                                                 arch   Loophole    arch

                                                                                   Passageway
                           Gallery
                       Pointed arch
                         Inner hall
                           Tribune
                   (elevated platform)                                             Dodecahedral
                                                                                   second floor
                      Springing point
                        of  rib vault
              Projecting rectangular pier
                                                                                   Engaged colonette
                     Window opening
                      Chimney shaft
                                                                                   Dodecahedral
                  Rectangular opening                                              first floor
                          Fireplace
               Archivolt decorated with
                     torus and fascia                                              Embrasure
                 Bridge to   Steps
             castle entrance
                                                                                   Dodecahedral
                Mezzanine                                                          ground floor
           (entresol) housing
         drawbridge windlass
            Entrance
         Moat






            Passageway inside structure   Four-centered     Corbel with   Capital  String   Ruin of  segmental
                      of  outer wall  relieving arch  Niche  sculptural          course    ramp leading to
                                                            decoration                     chemise (jacket wall)

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