41. These were to serve as the porters lodge and the guardroom , they had windows to the court and housed large fireplaces. 42. The utilitarian Mint was laid out as a corridor between two perimeter rows of storerooms, each ending with guardhouses or guardrooms . 43. Through the hole under the theater they were led to a tower in which they could reach the stairs to the guardroom . 44. The Ponte's central shaft will be blocked every five floors with double decks, creating recreation, visiting and guardroom areas. 45. The 18th century witnessed the construction of a guardroom and a fan-shaped double stairway, built in front of the building. 46. The corridor then leads to the castle's large inner courtyard, which is lined with guardrooms , stables and living quarters. 47. The fort housed a brick-vaulted guardroom and a kitchen on the upper floor and a gunpowder magazine on the lower floor. 48. In the entrance one finds a great staircase, a gallery with painted murals, a Louis XIII dining room, and a guardroom . 49. Close to the archway are the guardroom and cells, one of which is equipped as it would have been when it housed prisoners. 50. Guardroom scenes are a type of genre scene that had become popular in the mid-17th century, particularly in the Dutch Republic.
