C'était Versailles Alain Decaux
POUR COMMANDERC'était VersaillesAlain Decaux
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POUR COMMANDERC'était VersaillesAlain Decaux
The Ypres Tower is thought to have been built in 1249 as part of the town’s defences and is the oldest building open to the public in Rye. The Tower has had a chequered history (seeHistory of Ypres Tower) and as you look round the inside you can see some of those changes in the blocked windows and doorways. In the Tower are various exhibits. One of the newest is the Ypres Tower Embroidery, created by a team of stitchers over a period of several years and depicting the Tower’s roles through nine centuries of history — as defence, private home, prison, mortuary, museum . . . . One cell is now a Still Room showing the uses made of herbs and other plants now being grown in the Tower’s Medieval Garden. In another cell there is medieval pottery made in Rye, which was very fine in comparison with pottery of a similar date made elsewhere. This probably reflects the prosperity of the town and also the skills brought from France, when the town was part of the lands belonging to the Abbey of Fecamp in Normandy. There is also a re-creation of a medieval herb garden in what was the exercise yard. On some days there is a gardener in medieval costume to show you around. The garden can also be viewed from the balcony. The plants there are ones medieval ladies would have grown and then taken to the Still Room where they would be dried and prepared for for medicinal, culinary and laundry purposes The ground floor of the Tower has now been made accessible to those with a physical disability, but unfortunately the ancient nature of the building means that the basement and first floor are not accessible to those who find stairs difficult. For six views from different sides of the Tower balcony keep scrolling down. Ypres Tower Site
The Ypres Tower Museum
Source : http://www.ryemuseum.co.uk/index.php/museum-site/ypres-tower-site/