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Tourbillon Castle (French: Château de Tourbillon) is a castle in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated on a hill and faces the Basilique de Valère, located on the opposite hill. It was built at the end of the 13th century under the direction of Bishop Boniface de Challant.
If the pitch or the rafter lengths of the two roof sections are different, it is described as an 'asymmetrical gable roof'. A gable roof on a church tower (gable tower) is usually called a 'cheese wedge roof' (Käsbissendach) in Switzerland. Its versatility means that the gable roof is used in many regions of the world. [3] In regions with ...
Around 1400 the northern tower was raised to its present height of six stories and topped with a gable roof. At that time the castle was inhabited by either a cadet branch of the Sax-Misox family or by one of their vassals. Whoever it was, in the 15th century they died out and the castle was abandoned. [4]
The large three story palas is about 12 by 34 meters (39 ft × 112 ft). After the fire in 1867 the old roof and floors were stripped off the castle, allowing rain in and damaging the walls. Originally the walls were crowned with merlons, in 1977 when a gable roof was added to protect the walls the merlons were removed. The old second story ...
The architecture of Switzerland was influenced by its location astride major trade routes, along with diverse architectural traditions of the four national languages. Romans and later Italians brought their monumental and vernacular architecture north over the Alps, meeting the Germanic and German styles coming south and French influences ...
Hotel Belvédère in 1983, during its first closure, from 1980 to 1990. Hotel Belvédère in 2004 Hotel Belvédère and the Muttgletscher in 2007 Hôtel Belvédère in 2009 In 2017, the Belvédère Hotel was closed again (since 2015) View of the location of the Hotel Belvédère on the Furka Pass (2018) Hôtel Belvédère in 2019 Hotel Belvédère in 1910 On the right the hotel, in 1919 ...
Half-hipped (clipped gable, jerkinhead [7]): A combination of a gable and a hip roof (pitched roof without changes to the walls) with the hipped part at the top and the gable section lower down. Dutch gable, gablet : A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable (wall) at the top and hipped lower down; i.e. the opposite arrangement to the half ...
It was topped with a new gable roof and was at times used as a prison for the community. [1] From 1901 until 1903 the tower was completely rebuilt under the direction of the architect Karl Koller. He raised the tower with an additional two stories and enlarged the windows. It was topped with crenellations and a tented roof.