The palette

Red terracotta for the fortress walls on a base of polished andesite and smooth stone, smooth quartz round the vaults, polished andesite for the cornice; mangrove planks studded with gold for the doors, a lapis and gold plaque; red columns and mangrove lattice for the tower, warped planks, prismarine bricks and gold for the beams; deepslate tiles with a dark prismarine border for the roofs; quartz for the balustrade.

Techniques

• Three vaults
• A sloping foot
• A gate tower with two eaves
• Swept-up corners
• Columns free of the walls

The steps

1. Pale stone base and its sloping foot
2. Red walls round the vaults
3. Red walls, the vaults' crowns and the cornice
4. Red doors studded with gold, and the plaque
5. Deck and marble balustrade
6. Columns on their stone bases
7. Lattice doors and windows
8. Painted beam and brackets
9. Lower eave: a skirt of dark tiles
10. Clerestory and upper brackets
11. Upper roof: the tiles
12. Upper roof: ridge and ornaments
13. Lanterns

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