Sicard de Lordat was a 14th-century architect from the
County of Foix, now in modern-day France, who worked for Gaston Fébus (
Gaston III of Foix-Béarn
Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus (30 April 1331 – 1 August 1391), was the eleventh Count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343 until his death.
Due to his ancestral inheritance, Gas ...
). He is noted particularly for working with brick, a material that was cheap and allowed speedier construction.
[Henri Paul Eydoux]
"Pierre Tucoo-Chala, Gaston Fébus. Un grand prince d'Occident au XIVe siècle" (review)
''Bulletin Monumental'' 1976, 134-2, page 166
Works
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Château de Mauvezin
The Château de Mauvezin (also known as Château de Gaston Phoebus) is a restored castle in the '' commune'' of Mauvezin in the Hautes-Pyrénées ''département'' of France.
History
The site, occupied since protohistory, was transformed into a '' ...
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Château de Montaner
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Château de Morlanne
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Keep
A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residen ...
of the
Château de Pau[
]
References
14th-century French architects
People from Foix
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