The stone corbel arch bridge is still used by the local populace. The well-preserved Hellenistic Eleutherna Bridge has a triangular corbel arch. The 4th
machicolade (French: mâchicoulis) is a floor-opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones or other material (such as boiling
portal The tympanum of the portal Prudentia ("Prudence") Historiated corbel The base of the facade is adorned with a gallery of arcades. These arcades are
to 1787). The Château de Jean comprises: a central rectangular residence confined by four corbelled towers equipped at the base with defensive murder-holes