Project Update: Chateaux de la Romandie

I have decided to draw three large castle drawings for my "Chateaux de la Romandie" project. These will be the foundation of the collection. I will then proceed to draw 10 to 15 supporting drawings of other castles and views from castles.

The first drawing will be of Chateau d'Aigle.

The château is an impressive example of medieval castle building, founded and expanded by the advancing Savoyards in the thirteenth century. The Bernese burnt the place to the ground in 1475, rebuilding and redesigning it to serve both a defensive function on the fringes of Bernese power and as a residence for the installed bailiffs. Following the Vaudois revolution of 1798, the castle reverted to local hands, and remained the town’s prison right up until 1972, when nobody could be found to take on the job of jailer and so all the resident convicts had to be transferred to Vevey