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Exploring the Historic Centre of Tours...
Collegiale Saint Martin et Tour Charlemagne的点评
点评：Charlemagne Tower dates back to the Middle Ages and is one of the main sights in the historic centre of Tours. It’s best seen at the same time as St Martin’s Basilica, which is just across the road and the Tour de l'Horloge (Clock Tower) which is nearby.
Built in the 10th century, what you see here today are the last remnants of an old collegiate church dedicated to St Martin of Tours. It was never a stand-alone tower but part of the original basilica which is long-gone.
It’s amazing that anything of this ancient tower is still standing. It very nearly wasn’t.
Large sections of new brick and stone were added in the mid 1900s to help support what was left of the crumbling tower but it’s easy to tell the new parts from the old.
You can climb the 248 steps of the tower as part of a guided tour although we didn’t. Instead we stopped briefly on Rue des Halles to look at it and read the information panels out the front. You get a very clear and unobstructed view of the tower from the street and we could easily make out the figures on one of the ornate carved capitals which was part of a supporting column. Some of the figures were a bit worse for wear but we could still see a large central figure with a beard surrounded by a number of animals which we thought could be lions. Later we learnt that it was in fact a scene of Daniel in the lion’s den, particularly popular story in medieval times.
Built in the 10th century, what you see here today are the last remnants of an old collegiate church dedicated to St Martin of Tours. It was never a stand-alone tower but part of the original basilica which is long-gone.
It’s amazing that anything of this ancient tower is still standing. It very nearly wasn’t.
Large sections of new brick and stone were added in the mid 1900s to help support what was left of the crumbling tower but it’s easy to tell the new parts from the old.
You can climb the 248 steps of the tower as part of a guided tour although we didn’t. Instead we stopped briefly on Rue des Halles to look at it and read the information panels out the front. You get a very clear and unobstructed view of the tower from the street and we could easily make out the figures on one of the ornate carved capitals which was part of a supporting column. Some of the figures were a bit worse for wear but we could still see a large central figure with a beard surrounded by a number of animals which we thought could be lions. Later we learnt that it was in fact a scene of Daniel in the lion’s den, particularly popular story in medieval times.
翻译：查理曼塔的历史可追溯到中世纪，是图尔历史中心的主要景点之一。最佳观赏方式是与隔街相望的圣马丁大教堂以及附近的钟楼一同参观。
该塔建于10世纪，如今所见的只是那座曾供奉图尔的圣马丁的古老教堂的残余部分。它从来都不是一座独立的塔楼，而是早已不复存在的原大教堂的一部分。令人惊叹的是，这座古老的塔楼竟然还能屹立不倒。其实它差点就垮掉了。
20世纪中期，人们用大量新砖石对塔楼进行加固，以支撑那些已经摇摇欲坠的部分；不过新旧部分还是很容易区分。
在导游的带领下，游客可以攀登塔楼上的248级台阶，不过我们并没有这么做。我们只是在莱哈尔街稍作停留，欣赏了一下塔楼并阅读了前面的介绍牌。从街上可以非常清晰且毫无阻碍地看到塔楼的全貌。我们轻易地辨认出了支撑柱上某个装饰性雕花柱头上的图案。虽然部分图案已有些磨损，但我们仍能看到一个留着胡须的中央人物，周围环绕着几只我们推测可能是狮子的动物。后来我们得知，这实际上是“但以理在狮子坑中”的场景，这个故事在中世纪极为盛行。
该塔建于10世纪，如今所见的只是那座曾供奉图尔的圣马丁的古老教堂的残余部分。它从来都不是一座独立的塔楼，而是早已不复存在的原大教堂的一部分。令人惊叹的是，这座古老的塔楼竟然还能屹立不倒。其实它差点就垮掉了。
20世纪中期，人们用大量新砖石对塔楼进行加固，以支撑那些已经摇摇欲坠的部分；不过新旧部分还是很容易区分。
在导游的带领下，游客可以攀登塔楼上的248级台阶，不过我们并没有这么做。我们只是在莱哈尔街稍作停留，欣赏了一下塔楼并阅读了前面的介绍牌。从街上可以非常清晰且毫无阻碍地看到塔楼的全貌。我们轻易地辨认出了支撑柱上某个装饰性雕花柱头上的图案。虽然部分图案已有些磨损，但我们仍能看到一个留着胡须的中央人物，周围环绕着几只我们推测可能是狮子的动物。后来我们得知，这实际上是“但以理在狮子坑中”的场景，这个故事在中世纪极为盛行。
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