Coppet Castle Explained

Coppet Castle
Native Name:	Château de Coppet
Built:	14th century
Location:	Coppet
Country:	Switzerland
Type:	Château
Coordinates:	46.3159°N 6.193°W
Map Type:	Canton of Vaud#Switzerland

Coppet Castle (French: Château de Coppet) is a château in the municipality of Coppet of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.^[1] It gave its name to the celebrated group of several dozen early 19th-century intellectuals from the whole of Europe, the so-called Coppet group, who met there (- 1816) under the aegis of Madame de Staël and made signal contributions to literature, philosophy and politics.

People born in Coppet Castle

• Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661-1728), Prussian field marshal
• Christopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien (1665-1733), Prussian general and diplomat

See also

• List of castles in Switzerland
• Château
• Coppet group

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance . 1 January 2017 . A-Objects . Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS) . 6 September 2017 . 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 . dead .