비두안느 탑(La tour Bidouane. Bidouane tower). 생말로(Saint Malo)

비두안느 탑(La tour Bidouane. Bidouane tower).

생말로(Saint Malo). 프랑스(France)

 

La tour Bidouane (Bidouane tower)

In its current form, this tower, located in the north-west corner of the town wall and on a point on the rock where the town of Saint-Malo was built, dates back to the

5th century.

It has a horseshoe-shaped layout that is highly characteristic of that period. Its lower

part still has gun-ports for artillery which were filled in when the tower served as a

powder magazine from 1691 to 1889.

It was aginst this tower that the Anglo-Dutch forces directed their ship filled with

explosives in 1693 in an attempt to blow up Saint-Malo's ramparts. But this attempt

failed when the ship ran aground on the rocks slightly further to the north-east,

in-between the town and For National.

The fortification located behind the tower, on the town side, is called the Cavalier

des Champs-Vauverts. Its corner turret featuring corbelling, bears the date 1652.

On its platform stands the statue of the famous corsair Robert Surcouf (Saint-Malo

1773-1827)

In-between the ramparts and this work is the artillery park. The buttresses up against

the walls were used for storing cannonballs.

- 안내문에서 -

 

Profil de la machine infernale. Doc. Musée de Saint-Malo.

A. Fond rempli de sable.

B. Premier pont, rempli de vingt milliers de poudre avec un pied de maconnerie au-dessus.

C. Second pont, garni de 600 bombes à feu et carcasses, avec deus pieds de maçonnerie

   au-dessus.

D. Troisième pont, au-dessous du gaillard, garni de 50 barils de toutes sortes d'artifices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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