Middelaldercentret

A Quick Look at The Danish Medieval Centre

More than artillery... The Medieval Centre's "leverage artillery" is certainly very impressive (you can see quite a bit of it in the background of this photo), but there is much more to see and do... Part of the centre is a a small medieval port town, part is a modern educational centre where children especially are involved in a range of hands-on activities like using different levers and pulleys to move heavy objects, jousting against a quintain on a wooden horse, shooting arrows with a longbow or simply doing the day-to-day things of medieval life as part of a school group over-night stay.

 

The Harbour Area (1) A view from outside the harbour... showing the rear of the warehouse and weaver's house. Note the crane powered by the same treadmill system as the big trebuchet.

	The Harbour Area (2) One of the centre's small ships moored in the harbour.

 

	The Dyers House Two views of the dyers house, this one showing the outside with the metal vats supported above fireplaces to dye the yarn...
	Inside the Dyers House This view shows the interior living area. The stairs on the right lead to the sleeping quarters in the upper (and warmer) part of the house.

	The Road Through the Village Between the harbour and the tournament field is the main street with its vegetable gardens and shops where people such as the blacksmith, the shoemaker, the carpenter and the clothing makers work and live. Note the method of anchoring the ridge of the thatched roof with inverted Vs of wood, seen in much of Denmark.

Weavers Many people come to work at medieval crafts in the centre. Here a pair of weavers make their way down the village street... followed by a crew of cheeky young visitors.

 

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Last Edited: January 2002

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