Urban landscape

Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)ScillaCilia: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)Scilla: Views of the Sea (acrylic paintings)

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Cilia: View of Sea
Scilla: View of the Sea, acrylics, 21 x 30cm/8.3 x11.7″
cilia steep stairs
Scilla: Steep Stairs to the Sea, acrylics, 21 x 30cm/8.3 x11.7″

Scilla is a small fishing village in Calbria. It’s narrow streets stretch across the harbor. We visited in April 2025. We’d never been to Calabria before. For more http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/reggio-de-calabria-then-and-now/

Castle at Vic sur Aisne, pen and ink drawing

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Vic sur Aisne
Castle at Vic sur Aisne, pen and ink, 21 x 30 cm/8.3 x 11.7

We came here on our boat last summer. The locals refer to it as Donjon de Vic-sur-Aisne. The first castle was built in the 8th century. It was part of the defense that stopped the Normans in the 9th century. The keep was built in stone in the 12th century to a height of 25 meters with walls two meters thick. The castle was badly damaged, the battlements and parapets dismantled and the towers destroyed. An abbot rebuilt in the 17th century, adding a chateau with a mansard roof adjacent. The castle was French headquarters in WWI. The front was just a few kilometers.

Here is my post from our visit http://garyjkirkpatrick.com/lots-of-locks-but-no-bagels/