Middle Ages castle, Saint-Jean-de-Bueges Photo

Photographer’s Note

August 24, 2008
Saint-Jean-de-Buèges 340264 34380
Hérault Languedoc-Roussillon
43.829 3.618 160 m

Middle Ages castle.

Baulx Castle XIIth XIIIth XIVth centuries. Remainders of enclosures XIIIth XVth centuries. Keep XIIth century.

One sight.
Other sight, September 11, 2007.

The historians call Middel Ages, one Western historical period of approximately 1000 years. At the end of Antiquity, begin the Middle Ages, symbolically placed to France, with the baptism of Clovis Ier towards 498, first Christian king of the kingdom of the Francs from 481 to 511, resulting from the dynasty of Mérovingiens, which became France in XIIIth century.

Vassal of the baronnie of Pégairolles, the seigniory of "Saint-Jean-de-Buèges" appears in the texts into 990.
The construction of the castle begin at XIIème century. Using the dominant position of the piton rock, leaned with the "Roc de Tras Castel", it was initially a station of monitoring. A main tower evolved of XIIIème in XIVème century to a true fortress of which remain today the keep, a main building, towers and an enclosure.
The castle passed to the hands of some propriètaires of noble lineage or being used as protection in 1703 with the population terrorized by the camisards.
In 1987, a gift of the last owner to the town hall allows launching into 1990 of work of safeguard and restoration parallélement some historical excavation campaigns intended to specify the provision of the rebuildings. Work began in 1991.

Saint-Jean-de-Buèges, authentic medieval village nested in the valley of the buèges river which crosses the villages of Pégairolles-de-Buèges and Saint-Andre-de-Buèges, is a place splendid and quiet, no surge of mass, it is the field of the amateurs of nature, uneven and beautiful images. One takes there also time to live on the terrace of single and small tavern of the valley.

Buèges river takes its source on the commune of Pégairolles-de-Buèges, with the hamlet of Méjanel, by a karstic resurgence, draining part of water of the solid mass of Séranne and theis Causse of Larzac. This 12 km length river is thrown in Herault, after having disappeared in the rocks limestones on a few kilometers from course, reappearing on the surface only by abundant rain.
Dominated by Séranne mountain to 940 m with highest, and the causse of the Selle, its valley cut in the rock is a true haven of peace, paradise of strolls and the excursion.

Saint-Jean-de-Buèges is a french commune, located in the department of the Herault of the Languedoc-Roussillon area, populated of 184 Saint-Jeannais in 1999, distributed on 17 km², that is to say 11 hab./km².

My images of Saint-Jean-de-Buèges

ymrk, Budapestman, saylan-cb, BlueRaven, snunney, patdeph, pierrefonds, feather, Clementi, belido, bobocortis, danos, Charo, Gerrit, Vasa, delkoo has marked this note useful

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mesutilgim (38604) 2009-02-16 1:52

Good morning Joel,
Again a perfect entry; both photographially and informative.
Good pov (specially with the nice red brick of the roof in foreground) and perfect notes.
A good sample for, how a proper TE entry should be !
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

ymrk (9670) 2009-02-16 1:52

Merhaba Joel;
A different view in here.Very fine lights,and very natural tonality.And an amazing castle,what a beautiful!

Yağmur

Budapestman (44737) 2009-02-16 2:15

Hi Joel,
Romantic atmosphere, very attractive image of this interesting and spectacular place. The castle glittering because of the lights is beautiful before the shaded rocky background. The composition is superb, excellent lights and clarity. Congratulations. Have a nice week!
George

BlueRaven (35) 2009-02-16 3:09

Hi Joel,

This looks like a scene from a fairy tale. Nice composition with the roof in the foreground. The only thing I would have done differently is to either cut off the sky completely or give it more room. That small blue corner distracts my eye a bit... ;o)

Best wishes, thanks for sharing
Claudia

saylan-cb (12726) 2009-02-16 3:18

Bonjour Joel,
This is a very beautiful view with the capture is perfect.I like the POV here.
Exellent work!
TFS/Regards,
Have a nice day.

Photo65Net (43106) 2009-02-16 3:22

Re-salut Joel,
Encore une belle architecture, et un rayon de lumière fort à propos pour la mettre en valeur devant l'arrière-plan sombre.
Bonne journée,
JB.

Buin (39562) 2009-02-16 3:33

Hallo Joel!
You show us a simple but really well-fortified and somehow proud castle. "Silhouetting" it - wonderfully illuminated - in front of this dark rock face works very well here and emphasizes the building. In combination with your excellent note and the links again a wonderful contribution here on TE.
Greetings from Germany, with 40 cm snow - and rain!
Frank

snunney (37033) 2009-02-16 3:56

Hello Joël,
A fine composition; I like the tonal and textural contrasts offered by the roof on one side and the trees on the other. Good natural looking colours and excellent clarity.

patdeph (19236) 2009-02-16 4:03

bonjour Joël
j'aime beaucoup ce vieux chateau qui émerge des arbres,et garde ainsi tout son mystère!On n'a qu'une envie,s'en approcher et le découvrir tout entier!Les montagnes lui donne un écrin de toute beauté,et la lumière le met bien en valeur!Superbe!
Amitiés
Pascale

pierrefonds (27438) 2009-02-16 4:07

Bonjour Joël,

Les arbres et la montagnes cadrent bien le château. la prise de vue permet de voir les détails et les couleurs de l'architecture du château. L'intensité de la lumière fait ressortir les couleurs du paysage. Bonne journée.

Pierre

Nicou (47593) 2009-02-16 4:10

Hello Joël,

Le soleil éclaire mangigiquement cet château, avec la belle tour carrée, ce fond sombre, superbe le contraste des plans, un cadrage parfiat, jâ'ime bien aussi ce toit avec ces tuiles qui donne un touche de couleur, superbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

amaryllis (18300) 2009-02-16 4:14

Bonjour Joel
je ne peux passer à côté de ce chateau superbe du moyen âge dans un bel environnement; cette pierre et cette petite tour et la végétation, l'ensemble pour une composition excellente; un sud riche d'histoire et tu sais bien nous le montrer
une note historique qui nous permet d'en apprendre plus
merci
juliette

gildasjan (24781) 2009-02-16 6:54

Bonjour Joel
Bon POV qui nous fait découvrir les richesses architecturales du Languedoc-Roussillon.Une image très bien exposée,le petit coin de ciel bleu est un indicateur.
Bonne journée à toi
Amicalement
gildas

feather (51026) 2009-02-16 8:22

This image works really well as there is light on the castle but the background is in shade so the castle shows up effectively. You framed it nicely with the tree and roof top.
Kath

Clementi (47668) 2009-02-16 8:41

Ciao Joel,
un altra perla del medio evo giunta fino ai nostri giorni praticamente integra. mi piace l'inserimento del tetto in primo piano e molto bella la differenza di luce con lo sfondo.
ottimo lavoro
Giorgio

TopGeo (23013) 2009-02-16 9:09

Hi Joel!They is impressive your work from a locality that have interest Good the imprinting and the frame!
TFS and best regards
georgios

belido (17932) 2009-02-16 11:06

Bonjour Joël,

âge moyen ? Cela est très ancien. Je personnellement aime le mur gros qui fait le fond de l'image. Il semble être une place de grande beauté naturelle. Excellent point de vue et excellentes couleurs naturelles. Beau travail!
Amicalement,
Carlos

bobocortis (14156) 2009-02-16 11:45

Bonsoir Joel.
Superbe ce chateau ancien, aux lignes severes.
Très beau l'arrière-plan des roches calcaires.
Le toit accroit la profondeur.
Bien vu.
Amicalement, Bobo.

danos (34924) 2009-02-16 12:41

Hello Joel,
nice the view of this Middle ages castle,with the WS to complete the scene.I like the greenery that surrounds it,as the good management of the light.Informative your note too.Well done.

Regards,Danos

Charo (33218) 2009-02-16 15:14

Bonsoir Joël,
Excellente vue sur le château, en donnant la montagne et le soleil à l'ombre, qui met en évidence son architecture. vue magnifique et les détails.
Amicalement,
Charo

Gerrit (36967) 2009-02-16 17:55

Hi Joel,
excellent composition. Great view 0on this magnificent castle. I like gthe format and the space in the corners for the sky and the red tiled roof
Regards, Gerrit

Greg1949 (8641) 2009-02-17 4:47

Joel, this is a great shot! I love the feeling you get when you look at this castle, it obviously was back breaking work for many many years to accomplish such a feat. I also find it interesting that the ownership can be traced all the way back to the construction, great capture.

Greg

Vasa (7879) 2009-02-17 15:40

Le chateau me rappelle du monastere Manassia fortifie, en Serbie. Nous on est fier de ce monastere, car il en a tres peu de ce sorte et pour le trouver il faut voyeger et voyager. Toi, Joel, tu en as de tous cotes.

Belle position et super moment de lumiere pour la realisation de cette image que j'aime.

Amicalement

Branko

delkoo (35642) 2009-02-18 4:15

bonjour joel
tu as fait un bon reportage sur saint jean de buèges, nous montrant les différents aspects architecturaux de ce village qui a beaucoup de charme.

didier