Vizille

The little industrial town of Vizille would be of no great importance were it not for the Château of the Connétable de Lesdiguières. The nobleman who built this Château was a leading Protestant who renounced his faith in 1662 in order to gain the title of Connétable. The Château was begun in 1611 and completed in 1627 with the construction of a flight of steps leading down to the Renaissance-style park. At a meeting of the Estates of the Dauphiné held here in 1788 the foundation of the French Revolution was laid with a demand for the personal freedom of all Frenchmen.