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Gorgier Castle (also known as the Château de Gorgier) is a castle in the municipality of Gorgier of the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.^[1]

History

The castle is located close to the city of Neuchâtel and was built around 1620.^[2]^[3]

In 1813, James-Alexandre de Pourtalès acquired the seigneury of Gorgier.^[4] The castle was sold to Alphonse-Henri Berthoud-Coulon in 1879 and then acquired by Swiss-born American banker Antoine Borel in 1897. The Borel family retained ownership until 2001, when it was sold to an American family.^[5]

After being fully restored as a family home between 2004 and 2014, the castle was for sale by Sotheby's Realty around August 2014,^[2] but is no longer listed.

References

^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Historical Castle For Sale". Sotheby's International Realty. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "Neuchatel : Le chateau de Gorgier". www.swisscastles.ch. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Comte de". Oxford Art Online. Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press. 2003. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T069086.
^ Wuthrich, Bernard (July 12, 2018). "Le château de Gorgier, entre Poudlard et Brocéliande" [Gorgier Castle, between Hogwarts and Brocéliande]. Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2024.

External links

Wasserfallen, Antoine (April 2001). "Le littoral neuchâtelois: berceau d'entrepreneurs internationaux" [The Neuchâtel coastline: cradle of international entrepreneurs.] (PDF) (in French). Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte und Industriekultur (SGTI) and Association suisse d'histoire de la technique et du patrimoine industriel (ASHT). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2013.