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Le château en bref
Épendes Castle, also called Lanther and later Amman Castle, stands in the heart of the village of Épendes, now in the municipality of Bois-d'Amont (Sarine district, canton of Fribourg), formed in 2021 by the merger of Arconciel, Épendes and Senèdes. According to the Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, the residence was built in 1532 by the Lanther family. The village belonged to the lordship of Arconciel; a family of knights from Épendes is attested there from 1142 to the end of the 13th century, after which the tithe passed through the hands of several families (de Marly, Lombard, d'Avenches, de Prez, de Praroman, Lanther, Rudella) until the d'Amman family, who held it until 1846. This 16th-century manor house, representative of Fribourg patrician architecture, has been restored and converted into a dwelling. It today occupies a park of around 7,500 m² in the middle of the village, about fifteen minutes' drive from the centre of Fribourg.