Schadau Castle

Schadau Castle (German: Schloss Schadau) is a castle on the south side of the Aare near Lake Thun in the city of Thun, Canton Bern, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

It is situated in the Schadaupark, and was built between 1846 and 1854 according to the plans of Pierre-Charles Dusillon in the Gothic Revival style, for the banker Abraham Denis Alfred de Rougemont Since 1925 the castle has belonged to the city of Thun and contains a restaurant and the Swiss Gastronomy Museum. Between 1972 and 1992 the façade of the castle was renovated by the city's own quarrymen.

The oldest known surviving panorama was completed in 1814 by Marquard Wocher, and is on display at the Schadau Castle, depicting an average morning in the Swiss town of Thun. As of today it's owned by the Gottfried Keller Foundation.

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Schadau Castle ranks #3,836 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #39 of the 201 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1852, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,338 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. 18 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bern, 27 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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