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The videos I've seen of the people who did this remarkable work show such a sense of pride, as they should have. It's an amazing testament that France was able

by bane 2y ago

The videos I've seen of the people who did this remarkable work show such a sense of pride, as they should have. It's an amazing testament that France was able to do this work, relatively quickly, in traditional ways. Maintaining that kind of expertise on the scale needed is astonishing.

brabel 2y ago
I was wondering exactly about that: how did they keep this expertise? Even in France, I don't think anyone is building medieval-style buildings anymore. Is the work done in restaurations enough to keep the know-how for actually building things almost from scracth?
- mahkeiro 2y ago
  It may surprise you but people are still building medieval castle in France: https://www.guedelon.fr/en/ https://www.guedelon.fr/en/ (youtube has numerous video from them showing medieval technics of building) And France keep some of the building tradition through something called "compagnonnage" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnonnage https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnonnage (sry but there no en page for this article).
  - skywal_l 2y ago
    Something close in en: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnons_du_Devoir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnons_du_Devoir
- realusername 2y ago
  The answer is simple, there's an endless amount of churches and castles to maintain in France, so many of them that it's actually impossible to maintain them all. As long as the state cares about maintainance, there's going to be jobs for it.
- Neonlicht 2y ago
  I know that the bells were made in the Netherlands- which has a long history with church bells.
- chiph 2y ago
  If you're in the US, you can apply to attend the American College of the Building Arts. https://acba.edu/aboutacba https://acba.edu/aboutacba They were established in Charleston SC after Hurricane Hugo when it was discovered that the US did not have enough craftspeople to repair all the historic homes that had been damaged. You can get an accredited Bachelors degree in architectural ironwork, plastering, timber framing, and stone carving.

by bane 2y ago

brabel 2y ago

I was wondering exactly about that: how did they keep this expertise? Even in France, I don't think anyone is building medieval-style buildings anymore. Is the work done in restaurations enough to keep the know-how for actually building things almost from scracth?

mahkeiro 2y ago
It may surprise you but people are still building medieval castle in France: https://www.guedelon.fr/en/ https://www.guedelon.fr/en/ (youtube has numerous video from them showing medieval technics of building) And France keep some of the building tradition through something called "compagnonnage" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnonnage https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnonnage (sry but there no en page for this article).
- skywal_l 2y ago
  Something close in en: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnons_du_Devoir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnons_du_Devoir
realusername 2y ago
The answer is simple, there's an endless amount of churches and castles to maintain in France, so many of them that it's actually impossible to maintain them all. As long as the state cares about maintainance, there's going to be jobs for it.
Neonlicht 2y ago
I know that the bells were made in the Netherlands- which has a long history with church bells.
chiph 2y ago
If you're in the US, you can apply to attend the American College of the Building Arts. https://acba.edu/aboutacba https://acba.edu/aboutacba They were established in Charleston SC after Hurricane Hugo when it was discovered that the US did not have enough craftspeople to repair all the historic homes that had been damaged. You can get an accredited Bachelors degree in architectural ironwork, plastering, timber framing, and stone carving.