Schadau Castle () is a

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on the south side of the

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near Lake Thun in the city of

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, Canton Bern,

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. 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 Gottfried Keller Foundation.

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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 19th-century architecture in Switzerland {{switzerland-castle-stub

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