Blonay Castle

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Blonay Castle
Schloss Blonay
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Blonay Castle
Coordinates 46°28′10″N6°53′24″E / 46.46944°N 6.89000°E / 46.46944; 6.89000
CodeCH-VD
Height644  m above the sea
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Conditionpreserved
Site history
Built1175
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Blonay town with Blonay Castle in the background

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]

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History

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.

The Chateau of Blonay (snow) by Gustave Courbet, ca. 1875. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Castle of Blonay Gustave Courbet.jpg
The Chateau of Blonay (snow) by Gustave Courbet, ca. 1875. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

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References

  1. "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

Maxime Reymond, Marc-André Genevey et Pierre de Blonay. Fondation du château de Blonay, 1984

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