The small castle of Aarau ('Schlössli') has remained nearly unchanged since the 13th century. The 'Schlössli' is the oldest ...
Chenaux castle was built in 1392 by Chevalier Pierre and his brother Guillaume. Humbert, the bastard of Savoie, acquired the ...
Started at the end of the 15th century, between 1476 and 1482, the construction of St-Maurice castle took place in several st ...
Bischofszell castle was built in the 12th/13th century. It was damaged by the city fire in 1419 and repaired soon thereafter. ...
Willisau castle was built for bailiffs in 1690-1695 by the city of Lucerne. The castle is one of the most important secular B ...
Hallwyl Castle is one of the most important moated castles in Switzerland. It is located on two islands in the River Aab ...
Schwarzenburg Castle was built in 1573-76 to replace the increasingly expensive to maintain Grasburg Castle. From the beginni ...
A castle in Arbon is first mentioned in 720 in a history of St. Gall Abbey. It stood on or near the site of the Roman era ...
While the builder of the Aarberg Castle is unknown, the city itself was founded between 1220 and 1225 by count Ulrich III of ...
Kyburg Castle overlooks the Töss river some 3 km south-east of Winterthur. The first fortification at this site was li ...
Beginning in 982 the Sargans region was part of the lands of the Counts of Bregenz. In 1160, the male line of the Counts of ...
Either Lütold V von Regensberg or his son Ulrich established the fortified town of (Neu)-Regensberg around 1250. Ulrich d ...
The Counts of Rapperswil probably built a defense tower in the early 12th century on the site of today"s Greifensee C ...
Münchenwiler Castle is a former Cluniac priory. In 1080-81 the village was given by the brothers Gerold and Rudolf de Vilar ...
The town of Bulle initially developed around its church which was, in 9th century, an ecclesiastical center of importance. Th ...
Unterhof Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1185. It served as the seat of the stewards of Diessenhofen. In Rudolf o ...
The rocky heights above Brienz Lake were first occupied and fortified by the Late-Bronze Age. During the Middle Ages, the lan ...
In 1261, the Lords of Mont planned to build a city along the lake that would compete with the Aubonne and Saint-Prex. By a ...
During the High Middle Ages the land that would become Burgdorf was owned by the Kingdom of Burgundy and then after 1080 by t ...
Monthey Castle was built in the early 15th century by Duke of Savoy. It was damaged by fire in 1607. Today Monthay castle is ...