En un regard
Le château en bref
Set on the shore of Lake Neuchâtel, in the old town of Estavayer-le-Lac, the Château de Chenaux is a Savoyard fortress with a rectangular plan, built of brick at the end of the 13th century for Pierre and Guillaume d'Estavayer on the model of Grandson. Its keep, about 33 m high, dominates the whole complex. Humbert le Bâtard, who acquired it in 1432, doubled the curtain wall, added brick towers and built a barbican. Set on fire in 1475, the castle passed to Fribourg, which turned it into a bailiff's residence; a state hall with rococo stucco decoration was fitted out in the 18th century. It houses the seat of the Broye prefecture.