Oron Castle

Oron Castle is a castle in the municipality of Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1]

Oron Castle
Château d'Oron
Oron in Switzerland
Oron Castle
Oron Castle
Oron Castle
Coordinates46°34′28″N 6°50′14″E
TypeCastle
Site history
Built13th century
Oron Castle

History

The castle was built in the 13th Century. It was totally rebuilt in second half of the 15th Century and renovated several times in the 17th Century. In 1801 it was acquired the Roberti family of Moudon, and in 1870 it was bought by Adolphe Gaiffe. Beginning in 1880, a library was built in the castle. Today it houses 17,000 volumes and is one of the largest private collections of French novelists of the 18th Century in Europe. The castle was bought in 1936 by the Association pour la Conservation du château d'Oron, which was founded to preserve the castle two years earlier.[2]

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See also
  • List of castles in Switzerland
  • Château
  • House of Oron

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 2 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. Oron-le-Châtel in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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