Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Neuchâtel Castle is a castle in the municipality of Neuchâtel of the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. [1]
The castle after which the city is named was built by Rudolph III of Burgundy and completed in 1011. Originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy, the city was absorbed into the Holy Roman Empire in 1033. The domain of the counts of Neuchatel was first referred to as a city in 1214.
Former Church of St-Martin and Jeanjaquet Castle: Former Church of St-Martin and Jeanjaquet Castle: Route De Frochaux 27 568.649 210.927 9631: Ensemble de la Vieille Thielle Collection of Neolithic and Roman Sites: Ensemble de la Vieille Thielle
Panel with the coat of arms of Margrave Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg (Philippe de Hochberg) and his wife Marie de Savoy at the Neuchâtel Castle. As part of his alliance with France, Philip married Maria of Savoy, daughter of Amadeus IX of Savoy, and one of the nieces of Louis XI, King of France, around 1476 or 1478.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Photograph of the Castle from September 2011. The castle is located close to the city of Neuchâtel and was built around 1620. [2] [3] In 1813, James-Alexandre de Pourtalès acquired the seigneury of Gorgier. [4] The castle was sold to Alphonse-Henri Berthoud-Coulon in 1879 and then acquired by Swiss-born American banker Antoine Borel in 1897 ...
Neuchâtel Castle, now seat of the cantonal government. Neuchâtel was one of the first cantons in Switzerland to grant women the right to vote (1959) and also to grant the vote to foreigners holding a residence permit and who have been domiciled in the canton for at least five years (2002), as well as to lower the voting age to 18.
Name Image Location Type Date Notes Appenzell Castle: Appenzell: Manor house: 1563: Original owner Antoni Löw executed 1584. 1584-1682 used as Franciscan monastery. Today known as "Doctor's House" and privately owned.