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Château de Muzot

Switzerland · 13th century

Founded
c. 1250
Heritage status
class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance
Location
Noble-Contrée
Elevation
665 m
Coordinates
46.30642°, 7.54017°
Links
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Château de Muzot in Switzerland
Photo: Nouchka · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Château de Muzot (also known as Maison Muzot or Muzot Castle) is a 13th-century fortified manor house located near Veyras in Switzerland's Rhone Valley.

In 1921, it was purchased by Swiss merchant and arts patron Werner Reinhart who then invited Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) to live there rent-free. It was at Muzot, during a few weeks in February 1922, that Rilke after a long silence caused by severe depression finally completed the Duino Elegies and wrote the entire Sonnets to Orpheus (both published in 1923).

Text adapted from “Château de Muzot” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château de Muzot ranks #8,581 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #180 of the 227 mapped in Switzerland. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bern, 72 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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