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Aubonne Castle
Aubonne Castle is a castle in the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Aubonne of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, heritage site of national significance. See also * List of castles in Switzerland * Château References Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud Castles in Vaud {{Switzerland-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubonne (Vaud)
Aubonne () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Morges District, Morges in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2011 the former municipality of Pizy merged into Aubonne and on 1 January 2021 Montherod merged into it. History The municipality was settled very early. The oldest remains are from the Bronze Age. From ancient Rome, Roman times, there remain foundations of villas, and from early medieval times, graves. The first documentation of the municipality is from 1177 under the name of ''Albona''. In the first half of the 13th century, a defensive wall was built around the town. In 1255, the town was sold to Count Peter II of Savoy. He gave the governing of the town over to the family of Thoire-Villars. Aubonne was the most important town on the north side of the lake between Lausanne and Geneva until the second half of the 15th century. Since the 13th century, it had weekly markets, and starting in 1487 semi-annual thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
