Pierre-louis Duplat - The Castle Of Falaise

Pierre-Louis DUPLAT Villers-Cotterêts, 1795 – Auteuil, 1870 Lavis 15 x 20 cm (25 x 29 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower left “L Duplat / 1829” Inscription in nas on the right “Offered to the friend Otto? This is a view of the Château de Falaise in 1829. This very old fortified castle is perhaps the oldest Norman stone castle. It dates from around 1000 under Richard I of Normandy. It was here in 1027 that William the Bastard, the future William the Conqueror, was born. In the 19th century, it was classified as a historic monument in 1840. Today the restored castle is open to visitors.