Minstrels' gallery

The elaborate Minstrels' gallery in the Salle des Caryatides, Palais du Louvre, Paris.

A minstrels' gallery is a form of balcony, often inside the great hall of a castle or manor house, and used to allow musicians (originally minstrels) to perform, sometimes discreetly hidden from the guests below.

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