According to Elogius Kiburger, the author of the Strättliger Chronicle, in 933 the King of Burgundy, Rudolph II, built the S ...
While there was a royal palace in Locarno in 866 and a noble family with a castle in the 10th century, the oldest remaining ...
The imposing main walls and their four towers of Yverdon-les-Bains castle follow the geometric characteristics used for lowl ...
Büren Castle was built in 1621-24 as the residence of the Bernese Landvogt over the area. It was built on the site of four f ...
Stein Castle was built on a rocky promontory above Baden gorge some time before 1000. In the late 11th century the castle cam ...
The first castle in Zug was probably a wooden manor house built around 1000 and owned by a ministerialis family in service to ...
The Landvogteischschloss is a small castle in the city of Baden. It is located on the right bank of the Limmat river ...
The Lords of Grandson were first mentioned in the second half of the 11th century, when the castle was built. It was sited on ...
The Barons of Aigle were first mentioned in 1179. At that time they had a small fortification, that became the center of the ...
A document from 1177 from the Abbey of Hauterive mentions the Romont as a wooded hill. In 1239, Anselme (or Nantelme) sold ...
Built in the 13th century by Pierre de Savoie, the castle of La Tour-de-Peilz served as a fortress and refuge, as an observat ...
The Rudenz tower was built in the early 13th century. It protected the Gotthard road (Gotthardstrasse) and housed an Imperial ...
Lenzburg Castle ranks among the oldest and most important of Switzerland. The castle stands on the almost circular castle hi ...
Tourbillon Castle was built sometime between 1290 and 1308 by the Bishop of Sion, Boniface de Challant, as his principal resi ...
Huwiler Tower (Huwilerturm) is the smallest of the four outer town wall towers in the city of Zug (Switzerland). Its exact ag ...
Around the year 1180, the Habsburgs acquired the region around present-day Laufenburg. They constructed fortifications on bot ...
Sasso Corbaro, known as Unterwalden Castle after 1506 and Saint Barbara's Castle after 1818, is about 600 m south-east of to ...
Werdenberg castle was founded around 1228-1230 by Count Rudolf I of Montfort. Today, the architectural complex comprises two ...
Frauenfeld castle was founded by the counts of Kyburg in the 13th century. The massive tower dates from 1227. The exhibit o ...
The Lords of Jegistorf were first mentioned in the 12th century, in the service of the Dukes of Zähringen. They built the la ...