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Machicolations  

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Definición

  • Projecting series of corbels often surmounting the walls of later Medieval fortifications and carrying an overhanging portion of the stone floor of the rampart; also, openings in the floor between the corbels for delivery of missiles on the enemy below [AAT]

Concepto genérico

Etiquetas alternativas

  • Galleries, machicolations
  • Overhangs, machicolations

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-DX0X9W3N-X

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