Medieval Security

This image detail was fascinating for me for a few reasons. The first is why would the window be so small. It must have been a special purpose hole in the wall for something when the building was built a few hundred years ago.

The security grating is ingenious. It is old beyond a doubt. It is blacksmith wrought iron that has been cleverly cut to make it such that the space to put one's hand through is occluded.

The third thing is that the building's mortar is made from ochre, which gives it colour. This pic was snapped in Rousillon.