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Castle in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Switzerland
Hauteville Castle
Château d'Hauteville
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz in Switzerland
Hauteville castle and surrounding gardens
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Coordinates46°28′01″N 6°52′06″E / 46.467°N 6.86844°E / 46.467; 6.86844
TypeChâteau
Site information
OwnerPepperdine University
Site history
Built1760
Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance
Outbuildings of Hauteville Castle

Hauteville Castle is a castle in the municipality of Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

History

In 1733, Jacques-Philippe d'Herwarth acquired the lands that included the municipalities of Saint-Légier and La Chiésaz. He merged these lands with the estate in Hauteville, which he already owned. The castle was built on the estate in the 1760s.

Victoire Cannac, heiress of the castle, married Daniel Grand de la Chaise (1761-1828), from a family of Parisian bankers ennobled in 1781. She inherited the estate in 1794. It was then that the young couple decided to take the name of Grand d'Hauteville. The property remained in the family for the next 225 years.

In 2019, Pepperdine University purchased the castle and its 67 acres overlooking Lake Geneva, and after a multi-million euro renovation, the university plans to operate the estate as a global conference center and campus for its Switzerland-based study abroad program.

See also

References

  1. "Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  3. "Pepperdine University Purchases Château d'Hauteville from Grand d'Hauteville Family". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

External links

Castles and Fortresses of the Canton of Vaud
See also
Castles of Switzerland
Castles of Europe


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