{"id":6099,"date":"2009-07-29T12:46:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T17:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/07\/29\/a_castle_in_the_ozark_mountains\/"},"modified":"2009-07-29T12:46:44","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T17:46:44","slug":"a_castle_in_the_ozark_mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/07\/29\/a_castle_in_the_ozark_mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"A Castle In The Ozark Mountains?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Yes, you heard it right, they are building a real Medieval castle in Arkansas<\/a>, near Branson, Missouri!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And not just building a castle, but building it using the same tools and techniques as were available in the 12th century. And it will take them 20 years to finish!<\/p>\n

To quote their website<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

In the heart of America,<\/strong> between Springfield and Little Rock, in Arkansas, based on an original and unique project with roaring success in Europe, a hideaway of the Ozark mountain region is being prepared for a socio-historic project. A team of historians, architectural experts along with passionate and enthusiastic builders is forming.<\/p>\n

We are going to build a genuine fortified castle<\/strong>, with 45 feet high towers, 6 feet wide walls, a drawbridge, moats, and stone walls surrounding the main yard using the techniques, material, and rules of the 12th century. A brainchild of Michel Guyot who has started ten years ago to build a similar castle in Burgundy (France).<\/p>\n

Thirty masons, carpenters, stone carvers dressed in authentic garb<\/strong> will work all year around for twenty years, the time required to build the castle. Imagine a place when you arrive, our motorized culture is left far behind and the only sounds you hear are the clang of a hammer, of chisels carving stones and carthorses hauling the heavy stones. The blacksmith, the rope maker, the woodcutter will work in front of you putting into practice the medieval techniques of construction.<\/p>\n

Ozark Medieval Fortress will be<\/strong> an entertaining, educational, environmental and scientific attraction park. A fun, emotional trip into the far past, an outdoor laboratory, a living history book!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Work began last month,<\/strong> and it will be open for visitors next spring. <\/p>\n

And I must say, they chose the right place to build it. <\/p>\n

Branson, Missouri is one of our family’s vacation spots<\/strong> due to the presence of Silver Dollar City<\/a><\/strong> and The Homestead Pickers<\/a><\/strong>! (You’ve got to click this link and see their video—they are one of our favorite music groups.)<\/p>\n

Somewhere near ten million people flock to Branson each summer<\/strong>, and the castle will be close enough to lure down a chunk of those tourists.<\/p>\n

Hmmm… maybe this would be a good setting for a King Arthur movie someday…<\/strong><\/p>\n

And thanks to Dr. Nokes<\/a><\/strong>, professor of medieval literature at Troy University, and his blog for pointing me to this info! Also, you can see more pictures and info at the Musings From a L.O.O.N.<\/a><\/strong> blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Guidelon<\/p>\n

Views: 69<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nYes, you heard it right, they are building a real Medieval castle in Arkansas, near Branson, Missouri! And not just…\n<\/div>\n
Continue reading “A Castle In The Ozark Mountains?”<\/span>…<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,41,8,39,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-blog-reading","category-family","category-on-the-web","category-travel","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/1200945251_1-bis6.jpg?fit=636%2C205","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67v0M-1An","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}