Blonay Castle | |
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Schloss Blonay | |
Blonay | |
Blonay Castle | |
Coordinates | 46°28′10″N 6°53′24″E / 46.46944°N 6.89000°E |
Code | CH-VD |
Height | 644 m above the sea |
Site information | |
Condition | preserved |
Site history | |
Built | 1175 |
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Blonay Castle is a castle in the municipality of Blonay of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1]
History
[edit]The castle was built in 1175, by William II of Blonay (died 1197), a ministerialis in Savoy, on the site of a fortified structure that dated from 1095. It has served as the Blonay family seat since that time, aside from a brief interruption in the 18th century.
The oldest remaining portion of the structure is the sturdy, square castle keep, which has been strengthened, and seen a row of buildings attached to create another courtyard. Only two of four towers remain, around an irregular rectangular plan. There is a forecourt with a Renaissance-style loggia, from 1677 on the western edge, and a chapel dating from the 15th century, with stained glass windows from 1577. Residential quarters built between the 18th and 20th centuries have undergone renovations and alterations. By the 19th century, a moat had been filled in.
Gustave Courbet created a painting of the castle in about 1875, during the artist's self-imposed exile from France, living in neighboring La Tour-de-Peilz.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Castle_of_Blonay_Gustave_Courbet.jpg/220px-Castle_of_Blonay_Gustave_Courbet.jpg)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
Further reading
[edit]Maxime Reymond, Marc-André Genevey et Pierre de Blonay. Fondation du château de Blonay, 1984
External links
[edit] Media related to Schloss Blonay at Wikimedia Commons – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien
- Bilder und Infos zum Schloss (französisch)
- Homepage der Familie de Blonay
- Blonay in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.