machicolation

On three corbels above the doorway is a machicolation with a window and a small dome.
Un mâchicoulis couvert d’un petit dôme, percé d’une fenêtre et posé sur trois corbeaux surplombe l’entrée.
The semicircular tower is built of the same materials and has a machicolation with decorative battlements and small poly-foiled and broken horseshoe arches.
L’autre tour, semi-circulaire, est faite des mêmes matériaux et possède des mâchicoulis avec des merlons décoratifs, des petits arcs lobés et outrepassés brisés.
The gates are nearly identical and resemble that of the smaller palace, except the northern gate where the machicolation is wider, resting on five brackets, the central one decorated by a sunflower.
Les portes presque identiques ressemblent à celles du petit palais, à l'exception de la porte septentrionale dont le mâchicoulis, plus large, repose sur cinq consoles, celle du centre étant ornée d'un tournesol.
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