Inside the Castle was really fantastic. I had a strange feeling as if I had gotten lost in another time era. The Castle was for battles, the government and the king's daily life. There were some kitchens, the king's living room, a brilliant conference room, a few wells, a few water storage tanks, storage facilities for food, weapons, a panoply of armor, and so on. All of those were interesting to me. I'll show you the entrance and the backdoor of the Castle. The first four pictures are of the entrance, and the last are the backdoor. The entrance is so narrow that lots of people can't enter the castle together. A portcullis flipped up when the Castle was attacked. On the inside, a device of the same sort existed. The heavy barricade flipped down to shut the entrance door. The backdoor was likewise. I imagined that Indiana Jones passed through them at the last moment.
(Vocabulary)
get lost in another time era 別の時代に迷い込む
panoply 《常に単数形で》
(フォーマル) (多種多様な人・物の) 勢ぞろい
(儀式・式典などにおける) 見事な装い［装飾］
armor 甲冑(かっちゅう), よろいかぶと
portcullis (城砦(じょうさい)の) 鉄製落とし格子, つるし門
flip up/down/open パタンと上がる［下がる，開く］(自他）
of the same sort 同様の
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