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Two very imposing vaulted apartments...
THE CELLARIUM
The undercroft or cellarage of the refectory forms two very imposing vaulted apartments, with a door and staircase at one end communicating with the kitchen and at the other by a large gate opening on to a path leading up from a neighbouring road.
Such a cellarage gives a fine impression of the care and elaboration of detail with which even so inferior a portion of the premises was designed in the XIVth century. But the rebuilding of Bella Paise by King Hugh IV in 1359 was a royal act, and was probably intended to be worthy of the royal munificence.
