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Le château en bref
The Kalchegggut, today Kalcheggweg 8 and 8A, is located in the Bernese district of Kirchenfeld-Brunnadern. The estate has been documented since the 16th century; the country house erected in the 17th century was extended to the west, east and north during the third quarter of the 18th century to form the present-day country house, a two-storey building topped by a mansard roof whose form draws on Bernese country houses. To the north-east, an L-shaped garden pavilion may date, in its core, from a former outbuilding of the estate. The ensemble also includes a large garden planted with old trees, remnants of an avenue, and a terraced retaining wall pierced by a neo-Baroque gateway opening onto the Muristrasse. The Kalchegggut is listed as "schützenswert" (worthy of protection) in the building inventory of the City of Bern, within the built group of the Kalchegg; a Romantic villa, "La Fadette", completes the site around 1904.