Cheyres Castle

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Le château en bref

Cheyres Castle is the former bailiff's castle of this wine-growing village on the southern shore of Lake Neuchâtel, now part of the municipality of Cheyres-Châbles (Broye District, canton of Fribourg). It stands in the heart of the historic core, where a double row of masonry farmhouses leads to the church of Saint Nicholas and to the castle itself; the cantonal inventory of built sites counts it among the structural elements of the village. Bought back in 1704 by the State of Fribourg, which made it the seat of a bailiwick, the original castle, attested from the 15th century, was in ruins by the mid-18th century. The present building is a reconstruction dating from 1773–1774, erected on the foundations of the former building to plans by François-Ignace Pettolaz, and described in 1800 as "built anew and in the modern style", with an attic, cellars, a wine press, a barn, stables, an oven and gardens. Home of the bailiff, the residence briefly served as the parish presbytery before becoming private property.