Pourquoi les bastides ?
Pourquoi les bastides ?
Ce sont des villes ou villages cernés de remparts qui cherchent le même principe défensif, mais créés de toutes pièces par les rois de France, d'Angleterre ou les comtes de Toulouse. Les bastides naissent donc de la volonté des souverains de protéger la population et de créer des points forts et fidèles.
Quelle est la différence entre une bastide et un mas ?
Il y a généralement deux étages. Dans un mas provençal, il y a une cour alors que la bastide a un jardin, qui descend généralement par paliers.
What is the meaning of Bastide?
- Definition of bastide. 1 : a village or town in medieval France built especially for defense and usually laid out according to a definite geometric plan. 2 : a small country house in the south of France.
How many bastides are there in France?
- There are said to be some 500-700 bastides in France, depending on how wide the definition is extended. Most of these are the southwest, and the majority of them were built in the two centuries from 12. At the time, the southwest of France was a frontier region, belonging partly to France,...
What was the purpose of the bastide towns?
- The towns were built as medieval new towns, and had various functions, including improving security and safety of the residents and promoting trade. The bastide towns were usually built to a strict grid layout, with equal space allocated to each house.
What are the main roads in the bastide region?
- The main roads in the grid are knowns as carreyras, or carriage ways, since they are wide enough for carts. The main bastide area covers most of Aquitaine and Occitanie regions of France, stretching from the Dordogne to the Aveyron, and down to the Spanish border.
