Switzerland · 13th century
Rapperswil Castle (Swiss German: Schloss Rapperswil) is a castle, built in the early 13th century by the House of Rapperswil, in the formerly independent city of Rapperswil.
The castle is located on the eastern Lake Zurich's western Obersee lakeshore in Rapperswil, a locality of the Rapperswil-Jona municipality in Switzerland's canton of St. Gallen.
Since 1870 the castle has been home to the Polish National Museum established by Polish émigrés, including the castle's lessee and restorer, Count Wladyslaw Broel-Plater. Schloss Rapperswil and the Museum are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as Class A objects of national importance.
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Rapperswil Castle ranks #3,468 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #34 of the 213 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1220, it is older than 73% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,712 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Winterthur, 31 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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