10 February 2008

Château of Roquebrune - the Kitchen - 2

Here we see the bread oven, which is to the right of the entrance we saw yesterday.

Apart from a few visits by Augustin Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco, Roquebrune and Menton, the castle only ever housed soldiers. It was therefore soldiers' fare that was prepared in this kitchen. Supplies were kept in the cellar - water was brought up from the well.

In the photo below, we can see the storage area in the kitchen. Shelves rested on the carved stone brackets within the space.

Note the graffiti. When I first visited this castle there were no iron doors, such as we saw yesterday - one could walk anywhere - and I suppose, over the years, visitors have felt the need to scratch their names in the stonework...

So, this is the last room to be seen. Tomorrow we'll walk through the far end of the Common Room to The Round Walk - which goes all the way around the donjon (the keep).

12 comments:

  1. Nice photos.

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  2. You obviously paid careful attention during the tour because you have provided great information with your photos.

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  3. Happy "un"Birthday and Thanks so much for the beautiful visuals of your part of the World!

    Cheers!

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  4. uuugh! Why do people feel the need to deface property like this?

    I can imagine how many loaves of bread came out of that oven. It must have smelled heavenly in that room! :)

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  5. I have loved the tour. Very interesting.

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  6. There's dough proofing in my kitchen right now. It'll be ready for baking in about an hour. I wish I had the castle's oven! :)

    It'd be so nice if they could find a way to erase the graffiti without changing the character of the walls. Perhaps it's just not possible and that's why it hasn't been done...

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  7. The oven looked interesting. But sad about those graffiti.

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  8. You make a great tour guide....I have enjoyed this!! lovely photos.

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  9. This blog is so extraordinary! Congrats again on your blog birthday! Long Live the Menton Blog!

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  10. What a lovely rustic oven. Bet the bread from there tastes real superb!

    Greetings from Toru� DP!

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  11. Tag "agosto" is portuguese :(

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  12. No refrigerators in those days but that spot in the lower photo looks like it was the cool box or something.

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