The Chatelet (dungeon) was built in front of the north external front of Belle-Chaise, on which it leans without joining, leaving between this front and the south one an empty space, a large machicolation protecting the northen door, which has become the second inward door since the Chatelet has been constructed
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The Guard Room
After penetrating into the Barbican which protects the first gate and entering the Abbey by the fortified staircase under the Ghâtelet — an important point which we shall describe later on — we come to the Guard Room.