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Gorgier Castle

Gorgier Castle (also known as the Château de Gorgier) is a castle in the municipality of Gorgier of the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

History

Photograph of the Castle from September 2011

The castle is located close to the city of Neuchâtel and was built around 1620.

In 1813, James-Alexandre de Pourtalès acquired the seigneury of Gorgier. The castle was sold to Alphonse-Henri Berthoud-Coulon in 1879 and then acquired by Swiss-born American banker Antoine Borel in 1897. The Borel family retained ownership until 2001, when it was sold to an American family.

After being fully restored as a family home between 2004 and 2014, the castle was for sale by Sotheby's Realty around August 2014, but is no longer listed.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Historical Castle For Sale". Sotheby's International Realty. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Neuchatel : Le chateau de Gorgier". www.swisscastles.ch. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Comte de". Oxford Art Online. Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press. 2003. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T069086.
  5. ^ Wuthrich, Bernard (July 12, 2018). "Le château de Gorgier, entre Poudlard et Brocéliande" [Gorgier Castle, between Hogwarts and Brocéliande]. Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  • Wasserfallen, Antoine (April 2001). "Le littoral neuchâtelois: berceau d'entrepreneurs internationaux" [The Neuchâtel coastline: cradle of international entrepreneurs.] (PDF) (in French). Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte und Industriekultur (SGTI) and Association suisse d'histoire de la technique et du patrimoine industriel (ASHT). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2013.

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