2013 Big Adventure

Gruyeres Castle - P.195

Gruyeres Castle

Walking toward the back of the castle.

There was a trap door used by Daniel Bovy used to get his wheel chair to the first floor.

Gruyeres Castle Chapel

The Chapel. Built in the 13th century.

Sculpture Pietá from the second half of the 15th century.

You can still see the paintings of Christ in Glory and the Twelve Apostles on the ceiling and side walls.

The stained glass from the renovation in 1480 shows the Baptism of Christ and Pietá (left) and the figures of Louis de Gruyeres and his wife Claude de Seyssel (right). The altarpiece from Charles V from about 1530.

The walls of the ramparts were rebuilt at the end of the 15th century.

The site for the garden was chosen in Medieval times. The French geometrical style was created by the Ballard family at the end of the 19th century.

The garden was beautiful!

Looking through an opening in the rampart wall.

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