Build a Castle … by Hand!

Looking at this remarkable architectural feat, a visitor mockingly exclaimed, “Monschau! St Denis!”This famous line was provided by Jean Reno in the 1993 French comedy Guests was the war cry of the French royal army in the Middle Ages. But the expression has a new meaning in Guédelon. In the film, the two protagonists who travel in time from the Middle Ages to the future, suddenly find themselves in modern society. In Guédelon, however, it is the opposite. On the walk, we saw...