Vineyard's Tower or Medieval Guardhouse
(or vineyard's gate) at Château Saint-Georges
by ©domelgabor / ©ledomduvin 2013

Vineyard's Tower or Medieval Guardhouse
(or vineyard's gate)
at Château Saint-Georges

The best way to really and fully appreciate visiting wineries and vineyards, and enjoy amazing views of the geography, the topography, the landscape and the environment, is either by biking or even walking around the lands and through the vineyards. 

Back in 2013, I worked in France, in a property in Pomerol (Bordeaux) for a few months. I was working and living on site, a few vineyards away from some of the most prestigious names of this revered wine appellation. 

During this few months in the middle of the vineyards, mostly weekends, I had many opportunities to walk around and explore  the surrounding lands and small villages, by following the dirt paths in the vineyards. 

One day, on a Sunday morning, I went along with a group of Christians to walk in the vineyards, from Saint-Emilion to Saint-Georges (roughly a 5 kilometres distance), prior to attending the mass at the medieval church of Saint-Georges de Montagne. 

Our walk led us to the vineyards of Château Saint-Georges, where I took this picture of one of the two towers (or gates) standing in the middle of the vineyards. 

 

They probably were two old medieval guardhouses or gates, protecting the access path to the old Château, of which the 4 medieval towers at each corner have been kept. 

These 2 guardhouses or gates are now standing there like 2 guardians of the vineyards, probably only used occasionally by the people working in the vineyards to take cover during occasional showers. 

They are memories of the past, reminiscent of the medieval history of Château Saint-Georges.

Or maybe, they were built, when the feudal Château was reconstructed (renovated and restored) in 1772, by the famous architect Victor Louis (Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux)

Vineyard's Tower or Medieval Guardhouse
(or vineyard's gate) at Château Saint-Georges
by ©domelgabor / ©ledomduvin 2013

Natural colors, I did not use or apply any filters. 

Dom

Photo: Vineyard's Tower or Medieval Guardhouse (or vineyard's gate) at Château Saint-Georges (Bordeaux Châteaux and Vineyards series) by ©domelgabor / ©ledomduvin
(Saint-Georges, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux) June/July 2013

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