Villa Schwob
Villa Schwob also Villa Turque is a house located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed by noted architect Le Corbusier. It was commissioned in 1912 by the watchmaker Anatole Schwob, and completed in 1917.Photo: Schwizgebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: villa in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Villa Turque”
- Address: Rue du Doubs 167, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2300
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa Fallet and Centre de documentation et d’étude sur la langue internationale.
Villa Fallet
Villa Fallet is a traditional chalet located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland designed and built by the eighteen-year-old Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, who later became better known as Le Corbusier. Villa Fallet is situated 610 metres north of Villa Schwob.
Centre de documentation et d’étude sur la langue internationale
Library
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Centre de documentation et d'étude sur la langue internationale in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, was founded in 1967 by Claude Gacond. It is the main branch of the city's library and contains more than 20,000 bibliographic units. Centre de documentation et d’étude sur la langue internationale is situated 1 km northeast of Villa Schwob.
Villa Jeanneret-Perret
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Villa Jeanneret-Perret is the first independent project by Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Built in 1912 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's hometown, it was designed for his parents. Villa Jeanneret-Perret is situated 750 metres north of Villa Schwob.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Éplatures and Les Planchettes.
Les Planchettes
Village
Photo: JGS25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Les Planchettes is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Les Planchettes is situated 3½ km west of Villa Schwob.
Grand’Combe-des-Bois
Village
Photo: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grand'Combe-des-Bois is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Grand’Combe-des-Bois is situated 4½ km northwest of Villa Schwob.
Villa Schwob
- Categories: villa, single-family detached home, house, building, and tourism
- Location: La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds District, Canton of Neuchâtel, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.09958° or 47° 5′ 59″ northLongitude
6.81702° or 6° 49′ 1″ eastInception
1916Open location code
8FV83RX8+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 122638636OpenStreetMap feature
building=detachedOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7930495
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Villa Schwob” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلا شواب”
- Chinese: “施沃布别墅”
- French: “Villa Anatole Schwob”
- French: “villa Schwob”
- French: “Villa Schwob”
- French: “Villa Turque”
- German: “Villa Schwob”
- German: “Villa Turque”
- Italian: “Villa Schwob”
- Spanish: “Villa Schwob”
- Spanish: “Villa Turca”
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Highlights include Place Girardet and Zap Théâtre.
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