En un regard
Le château en bref
The Villa Mettlen is a former country manor house (Landsitz) in Muri bei Bern, in the canton of Bern, at the heart of the Mettlen residential district. The Mettlengut estate, first recorded in 1650, had a succession of owners, including, in the 19th century, Count Friedrich von Pourtalès; all that remains of the original complex is the manor house (Herrenhaus), built around 1780, which is also the largest and most representative of the buildings in the district. The building, with a ground-floor footprint of 499 m², stands in the middle of a park of about 15,500 m². Sold to the municipality of Muri in the 1960s on condition that it be converted into a cultural centre, it has housed the Muri-Gümligen music school since 1970, whose recitals take place in particular in the Baroque hall and in the basement; the ground floor and the vaulted cellars may also be hired for private or corporate events. It is among the cultural assets of the canton of Bern deserving protection, and remains the only large historic property owned by the municipality.