Gorgier Castle Explained

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]

In 1813, James-Alexandre de Pourtalès acquired the seigneury of Gorgier.^[3] 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.^[4]

After being fully restored as a family home between 2004 and 2014, the castle was for sale by Sotheby's Realty around August 2014,^[5] but is no longer listed.

See also

• List of castles in Switzerland
• Château

External links

• Web site: Le littoral neuchâtelois: berceau d'entrepreneurs internationaux. . https://web.archive.org/web/20130526183005/http://www.sgti.ch/uploads/media/In-Ku-34.pdf . May 26, 2013 . dead . fr . The Neuchâtel coastline: cradle of international entrepreneurs. . Antoine . Wasserfallen . April 2001 . Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte und Industriekultur (SGTI) and Association suisse d'histoire de la technique et du patrimoine industriel (ASHT).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kantonsliste A-Objekte . 2009 . KGS Inventar . Federal Office of Civil Protection . German . 25 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html . 28 June 2010 .
2. Web site: Neuchatel : Le chateau de Gorgier . www.swisscastles.ch . 9 May 2020.
3. Book: Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Comte de . 2003 . . en . 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T069086 . Oxford Art Online .
4. News: Le château de Gorgier, entre Poudlard et Brocéliande . fr . Gorgier Castle, between Hogwarts and Brocéliande . Bernard . Wuthrich . July 12, 2018 . Le Temps . 17 May 2024.
5. Web site: Historical Castle For Sale . Sotheby's International Realty . 30 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904131610/http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-871-smmz36/historical-castle-other-neuchatel-ne-2023 . 4 September 2014 .