Here I want show some photos taken in some of my walks.

Nice BUT (!!!) do you think this walls looked like that around 800 years ago? I don't think so, that's how they look now...these days the could look just smooth...

They probably would have been a bit smoother back then..they look to easy to climb with all the free joints, but I must admit the second to last picture looks very nice..the colours of the stones

I think before 800-1000 years the walls were much smoother. The grouted joints better, the walls plastered smooth. It is now assuming that the walls of the castle were even painted in color. Unfortunately we have today, by Hollywood, a false impression of the architecture in the Middle Ages.
At this time the stone processing and wood processing was in the prime and at a very high level. A few weeks ago we were at a event in Lütjenburg about building in the early and late Middle Ages.
Archaeologists, professors gave lectures on the building in the middle ages. Since then my attitude and knowledge has changed over again. We should not be so much by ignorance and fantasy but rather to keep on facts.

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I think before 800-1000 years the walls were much smoother. The grouted joints better, the walls plastered smooth. It is now assuming that the walls of the castle were even painted in color. Unfortunately we have today, by Hollywood, a false impression of the architecture in the Middle Ages.
At this time the stone processing and wood processing was in the prime and at a very high level. A few weeks ago we were at a event in Lütjenburg about building in the early and late Middle Ages.
Archaeologists, professors gave lectures on the building in the middle ages. Since then my attitude and knowledge has changed over again. We should not be so much by ignorance and fantasy but rather to keep on facts.

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This is one of my favourites...orthodox christian St. George church in Topola, Serbia

I´ve found an interactive 3D view of the crypt...
http://www.360cities.net/image/crypt-of-....49,32.46,105.4
click on the picture and use the mouse to turn the picture.

Hi,
@ Paul: thanks for beautifull pictures.

A great website: http://www.schauhuette.de/blog/archives/...sualisierungen/

I have meet guys of the Schauhütte at Lütjenburg, they work together with museums and archaeologists.

Our next project together with the Schauhütte is the "Hofstelle Steinhof in Duisburg-Huckingen". We produce the Buildings for a little Diorama.

hello all,
thanks for your responses.
I´m not and expert in medieval structures, I have only generic knowlement about it. I take my inspiration from that I see . I not doubt that in medieval times the stone walls are more smooth, but I live in Barcelona, where I can see every day some buildings from time that the buildings of the other photos was constructed and is walls rest perfect smooth as when he was constructed as you can see in the photos.
Thus probably not all stone walls was constructed in same way, with same material or with same skill.