I went to that castle while ago ,it's great . I was born in Czech republic and Iam glad that you went to see my country. Lot to see there .All history in every town. Love it.
Nice armor. The most interesting collection I saw so far was the court war- and hunting armory in Vienna. It has tons of sets of Maximillian armor and a handful of Gothic ones (like the famous one from Sigismund, Duke of Tyrol) which are absolutely amazing to look at. And yes, you can take pictures of most of them! They have plenty of weapons too, including crossbows and firearms, though most of them Renaissance and only a few medieval. Still absolutely worth a look if you ever get the chance to, would probably be a great video opportunity for your channel, too.
This is why you should have taken pictures and spoken Italian, pretending not to understand their protestations. Wisdom comes with age, I suppose! lol Thanks for informing us about this.
That's how you get people to stop messing with you (or how you get mugged, depending on the area:). I've always wanted to pretend to be a foreigner who knows little English in a shopping mall or something, get some reactions, maybe have someone nonchalantly filming out of sight.
You should check out the Cleveland Art museum, they have Greek and Etruscan Helmets(these helmets aren't in the armour hall, Knight armour(Full plate, Chainmail, Conquistador). They even have many weapons, Swords, guns, and they even have a display showcasing the evolution of Middle age helmets! They are almost all in almost perfect condition.
Metatron, like the fact you doing more historical videos, huge tip. there is a device you can get for your camera that eliminates shakey cam and gives you a perfect picture all the time. Buy a gimbal if your going to take outside footage. It is hands down the most amazing device on the planet. They are a tad bit expensive but if your committed then it makes the best quality outdoor material possible.
Hey Raff, if you want to see high quality weapons and armor you should come visit the "Landeszeughaus" in Graz, Austria. It's the biggest armory in the world and was built as equipment supply to fend off the Ottomans. I visited it with my former school years ago but it left a lasting impression. Of course a great video as always, keep up the good work and have a nice holliday.
There's also a ton of different artworks for almost 6 centuries indeed a great location and the price i mean was a lot cheaper than i expected first(about 5 years ago)
Really nice video; I always enjoy the music chosen to accompany the various scenes. You must have been like a kid in a candy shop visiting the armory, sheer bliss!
Ah! This is so beautiful it makes me year to get out my sketchbook and draw a bunch of fantasy stuff! 😍 Alas, it's thirty past midnight and I should be in bed.
Note to self, if I ever visit that castle, take my polarised lens ;) We just don't get that kind of brightness over here. But what a castle! And what a suit of armour too!
I think at this point I can say that your quality definitely improved since the daily uploads. I understand that the scope of the this project and those are different, but at now your good videos are consistently good. Awesome work! By the way, have you asked the museum if they would allow photos if you paid them an extra fee? I heard that some museums allow these. Just a suggestion in the future in case you hadn't asked.
Hail from czech viewer. I'm glad you wrote ý instead of y like most of ignorant foreigners would :P. Ý means that its supposed to be pronounced like "ee" in english, in a "long" way. "Stein" from german is btw supposed to be pronounced like it was beginning with "sht" in english. Frýdlant is definitely worht the visit.
Hey Metatron, nice video, Aš always. Here in Czech republick we have some really uniqe CASTLES. I am talking about castles carved in to sandstone rocks. You should visit some when u are up there :-) "Malá skála" for example
Well, most of the defensive structures are outside, this www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/frydlant_let.jpg is what it looks like as a whole (of course you need at least a drone or something to make a picture like that). Still, since castles eventually became obsolete and this was partially turned into a chateau, a lot of the buildings inside have basically no defensive capabilities. But they are very pretty. The "optical illusion bricks" are a very common element in Bohemian Renaissance architecture (albeit I think it comes from Italy, since if you wanted to have something modern and cool looking at the time and had the money to pay for it, you'd hire an Italian architect).
If you're still looking for some Czech food - order some bramorove knedlicky, they are a bit like gnocchi (the kind made from potatoes) and they go good with the local lagers and pilsners.
This armor is the reason why I love wheel lock pistols! Sure they're hard to produce but Renaissance style pistols could easily Pierce through Roman or medieval armor. Maybe getting caught in between the armor but doing damage none the less
Love your channel! Do you have a background in missile weaponry? And if you do could you do a commentary on its impact on warfare as well as analysis of types? (bows,slings, etc) I just read The Last King by Ford/Rome series by Simon Scarrow and reading about slingers and mercenary archers was really fascinating since most videos on Rome only talk about the gladius, pilum, and scutum! (the book mentioned that a well trained slinger could knock the scutum off of a legionary!)
Well if I may suggest you two places that you have to visit in Czechia (when we speak about weapons) it would certenly be Konopiště castle (last owner was Ferdinand d'Este) and Schwarzenberg palace. In both places are beautiful armory and the Schwarzenberg palace is just a houndred meters from main gate of Prague castle.
Are you visiting someone in Northern Bohemia or why did you choose that part of the country to visit, specifically, if you don't mind me asking? It is definitely not the most touristy part of the country, nor the one with the most awesome castles :-) But since I've never been to Frýdlant myself or anywhere so much north (despite coming from Bohemia myself), it is interesting to see it in your videos. Too bad you could not film the armory, but unfortunately that is quite standard with museums.
Go visit the armory in Vienna. The ammount of suits of armour they have there is insane, more or less everything the Vienna chapter of the Habsburg Family owned/received as presents going back to 1450, along with a whole bunch of weapons...and non-flash-photography is allowed.
Český Krumlov is really pretty, somewhat similar to Carcassone, although not so much built as a defensive structure. tourya.com/upload_board/1_1444720605.jpg It is close to the border with Austria, about 100km from Linz.
Mustafa Cem Buyukalpelli middle ages turks would be even better since information about ottoman armors and weapons after the siege of constantopls are easy to get but to me i didnt really find any sources for medieval turkish armor for sultante of rum or ottoman empire
Abood Hemedi yea ı agree in middle age turks you arent restricted to ottomans or seljucks there is mamluk sultanate timur emirate kuman kipcak Khanate crimia Khanate etc it would very interesting and diverse video but it would be really hard one to do
I would totally love some Korean, Chinese or just more oriental cultures in general. Ironically, despite people knowing these countries very well, their arms/armor is very underated. Also, i believe he is not making a video on these culture groups because maybe he has no example to show them like he does with Roman/Japanese Armor?
Ah. Now I want to revisit the Peleş and Bran castle from romania because when I was little I didn't care that much about the weapons and armor from inside but now I do imensly.
i've seen that suit in a book i studied when we were making our patterns for plate. maximillian had some very nice suits. that bellows visor has alot of air intake. so seriously how tall was it?
Greeting, i´ve just want to ask, if you would make a video about Slavic culture, gods, tradicions and lands. I think it´s as interesting as norse, maybe even better. There are lots of similarities, yet Slavic culture has been little bit forgoten. I would appreciate it very much, so lots of people will better understand their ancestors and their religion. Thanks :) Maybe u have seen this, but i´m enthusiastic
Here's a picture of the castle as a whole from aerial view. www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/frydlant_let.jpg So, there, machicolations! Granted, since it was later turned into a chateau, the defensive structures are not that impressive.
