posted 10-18-2002 05:17 AM            

don't excuse for asking questions, there for is this forum.

yep in mystra is a castle
http://www.mistraestates.gr/mistra.htm http://www.laconia.org/Mystra1_castle.htm http://www.appleonline.net/maniguide/magne1.html http://www.ne.jp/asahi/amateras/sky/greece/pelo-e.htm http://www.idcnet.com/~dchristo/mystras.htm http://members.tripod.com/~Rene_de_Hoop/pelopon/mistras.html

in the book fortresses and castles of greece volume 2 of al paradissis (ISBN 960 226 290 7, the book is from 1997) you can find a chapter about the history of the castle (8 pages and 2 pictures).

posted 10-20-2002 10:10 AM         

If you know some useful information for me of someone of these sites, i will be grateful.

posted 10-21-2002 05:50 AM            

For example, the castle of Melfi in Italy and the Castello di Montebello in Bellinzona in Switzerland. Both have archaeological exhibits, but I think they contain earlier finds, not medieval.
Quite a few of the Swiss castles have exhibits of medieval and renaissance objects associated with the site.

There are journals and web sites devoted to "museology", and I have come across articles written about such museums and their exhibits. Have you tried looking for information from such sources?

Some museology links; http://www.lib.uea.ac.uk/libinfo/subjinfo/arts/museol.htm http://www.umu.se/nordic.museology/journal.html http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/BASIS/bmus/user/www/sf http://link.bubl.ac.uk/museums/

posted 10-22-2002 01:20 AM            

I was very impressed by the architecture represented at Mistra. The castle was not very interesting, but some of the other buildings were. I really love stone buildings, and those at Mistra, especially many of the ruined ones, showed the stone very well.
I remember there was a museum there, but I don't recall any of what was in it or how it was presented. It is quite small.
The site relied mostly on the buildings as the attraction, which the web sites will tell you more about than I could.
I still have the tourist guide to the site. It has a map showing all the buildings and ruins as well as the paths, and labels 13of the main features.
The guide explains a little about 7 of the main buildings, and concentrates only on the period from late Byzantine times, 1260, until 1460.
Much of the site is very steep. Entry is at the top, reached by a road, but inside you get around on paths. Near the bottom, there may be disabled access, but the top part of the site could not allow wheelchair access as it is too steep and there are many steps as far as I recall.

Le Baux is very different. Part of the attraction is the small village where people still live. The old streets in the village are not too steep, and disabled access would be possible. Parking is outside the village and you access the museum and castle by walking up through the village. Most of the museum and castle would be easily accessed by disabled people and had wide paths.
Once again, the museum is small and I don't remember what was in it or how it was displayed. There was also a slide show.
I still have the tourit guide and it has a picture of the museum, which shows models and reconstruction drawings of the site.
The castle is medieval to renaissance according to the guide. There are large replicas of a trebuche and mangonel displayed. Most of the castle is very ruined, but an effort is made through the drawings and model reconstructions to show what it was like in the past.

I hope that helps,