Ruin
La Bâtiaz Castle ruines
🇨🇭 Switzerland · 13th century
La Bâtiaz Castle (French: Château de la Bâtiaz) is a castle in the municipality of Martigny, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
The garderobes (toilets) at La Bâtiaz played a part in determining that the architect for some UNESCO listed castles in Wales came from Savoy. Historian and custodian A. J. Taylor travelled to La Bâtiaz and noticed that the castle and the one at Harlech shared a specific unique feature in toilet design. The discovery enabled Taylor to confirm that James of Saint George had been the architect of both.
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La Bâtiaz Castle ruines ranks #3,210 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #58 of the 91 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1232, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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