Coppet Castle (
French: ''Château de Coppet'') is a
château
A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking re ...
in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Coppet of the
Canton of Vaud
Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolou ...
in
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. It is a Swiss
heritage site of national significance.
It gave its name to the celebrated group of several dozen early 19th-century intellectuals from the whole of
Europe
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, the so-called
Coppet group, who met there ( - 1816) under the aegis of
Madame de Staël and made signal contributions to literature, philosophy and politics.
People born in Coppet Castle
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Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661-1728), Prussian field marshal
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Christopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien
Christopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien (2 April 1665 – 11 October 1733) was a Prussian general and diplomat.
Life
Dohna was born at the Coppet Castle in Coppet near Geneva, one of the sons of Frederick, Burgrave of Dohna, F ...
(1665-1733), Prussian general and diplomat
See also
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List of castles in Switzerland
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Château
A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking re ...
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Coppet group
References
External links
Official site
Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud
Castles in Vaud
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