Schadau Castle (german: Schloss Schadau) is a

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on the south side of the

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near

Lake Thun Lake Thun (german: Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore. At in surface area, it is the largest Swiss lake entirely within a single canton. The lake was created af ...

in the city of

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Canton Bern The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

History

It is situated in the ''Schadaupark'', and was built between 1846 and 1854 according to the plans of Pierre-Charles Dusillon in the

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style, for the

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Abraham Denis Alfred de Rougemont Since 1925 the castle has belonged to the city of

and contains a restaurant and the Swiss Gastronomy Museum. Between 1972 and 1992 the façade of the castle was renovated by the city's own quarrymen. The oldest known surviving panorama was completed in 1814 by Marquard Wocher, and is on display at the Schadau Castle, depicting an average morning in the Swiss town of Thun. As of today it's owned by the

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References

External links

Schadau Castle websiteThun.ch: Schadau Castle information
Castles in the Canton of Bern Thun Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern Houses completed in 1854 Gothic Revival architecture in Switzerland {{switzerland-castle-stub

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