La Poya Castle

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La Poya Castle

The La Poya Castle ( French Château de La Poya ) is a castle in the Swiss canton of Friborg .

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It was built by Francois-Philippe von Lanthen-Heid (died 1713) between 1698 and 1701 and is internationally known with its park as a whole. It is one of the first and most important buildings in the Palladian style in Switzerland . For three centuries this mansion, which was built by an unknown architect, was spared any change of ownership and has therefore largely remained structurally unchanged. Only the gable was originally decorated with other coats of arms, which were replaced by that of Diesbach von Belleroche (left) and that of Cardevac (right), the fifth owners of La Poya in chronological order. And the two rounded constructions, symmetrically added on both sides of the castle, as well as the kitchen come from an enlargement created in 1911 by the architect Henry Berchtold von Fischer. The large salon inside is particularly worth mentioning. It was the landlady's room and contains one of the largest stucco furnishings in Switzerland from Borromini origins.

history

The builder Francois-Philippe von Lanthen-Heid lived from 1650 to 1713 and was an influential figure as a member of the small council at the age of 29, mayor at 35, governor of the canton of Friborg and occasional delegate of the ambassador in the court of Louis XIV. The family's fortune, as mentioned in his will, included, in addition to La Poya, castles near Cugy and Montet , a valuable residence in the city (at Hauptstrasse 56), mills, an inn, a lot of lands, forests, vineyards, Rights to bodies of water and water courses, quarries, mines and much more.

Todays use

La Poya is clearly visible on a hill in the north of the city and is used as a representative reception location.

bibliography

  • Edoardo Agustoni, "Antonio Roncati di Meride, autore della decorazione a stucco del Municipio di Zurigo e del castello della Poya di Friburgo", Zeitschift für Schweizerische Aräologie und Kunstgeschichte 70, 2013/4, pp. 267-278.

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Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '49.6 "  N , 7 ° 9' 34.2"  E ; CH1903:  578 696  /  184773