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It provides a geomorphological record of the processes that shaped the High Alps, as well as a diverse habitat for animals and plants, developing in a succession following the retreat of the glaciers. The landscape has played an important role in the development of mountaineering and alpine tourism, as well as in literature and in arts.
This list includes castles and fortresses in Switzerland. Entries list the name and location of the castle , fortress or ruins in each Canton in Switzerland. Aargau
Three House Pictures: 19.4 x 42.9 Philadelphia Museum of Art: Oil and watercolour on paper, on board 1921 All Souls' Picture: 40 x 53.7 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Watercolour and ink on paper, on cardboard 1921 The Primeval Couple: 31.2 x 48 Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich Watercolour and oil on paper 1921 Flower Family V: 24.1 x 16.2
Landscape with castle ruins 1847 oil on canvas 60 × 78 Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin Portrait of Jakob Mähly as a student 1848 oil on canvas 32.6 × 24.4 Kunstmuseum Basel: Landscape with ruins in the moonlight 1849 oil on canvas 24.5 × 32.5 Private collection Mountain landscape with a waterfall c. 1849 oil on canvas 32.8 × 40.8 Kunstmuseum ...
In his spare time he began to practice drawing small views of Switzerland. In 1829 he met his patron, the banker Diodati, who made it possible for him to study under landscape painter François Diday. After a few months he decided to devote himself fully to art. In 1835 he began exhibiting his Swiss-Alps and forest paintings in Paris and Berlin.
The castle passed into private hands after 1803 and had several owners in the following years. In 1849-52 the Pourtàles family renovated and expanded the castle to its present appearance. In 1940 the American William Maul Measy established the Oberhofen Castle foundation to administer and maintain the castle.
In 1886 a new prison was built on the castle grounds. Two years later, in 1888, the museum opened in the castle. For a time the jailer was also the ticket seller and guard for the museum. [6] In 2006, the castle was bought by the city of Thun from the canton of Bern. Until the end of 2009 the Bernese Oberland regional court was based in the ...
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 ...