Switzerland · 16th century
Barberêche Castle is a castle in the former municipality of Barberêche (now part of Courtepin) in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Heritage Site of National Significance.
It is located on the edge of the nearby plateau, above the Schiffenensee lakeshore.
Barberêche Castle was built between 1522 and 1528, likely on the site of an earlier fortification, under Petermann de Praroman's direction in the Late Gothic style.
From 1839 until 1844, the castle underwent considerable remodeling, whereby the castle took its current shape in the Gothic Revival and Neoclassical styles. The castle is currently privately owned.
Text adapted from “Barberêche Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barberêche Castle ranks #8,008 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #182 of the 213 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1522, it is older than 42% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 22 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bern, 24 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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