Poya Castle
Poya Castle is a castle in the municipality of Fribourg of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is the first example of Neo-Palladian architecture north of the Alps. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fribourg/Freiburg Poya railway station and BCF Arena.
Fribourg/Freiburg Poya railway station
Railway station
Fribourg/Freiburg Poya railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Fribourg, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways. Fribourg/Freiburg Poya railway station is situated 300 metres northwest of Poya Castle.
BCF Arena
Stadium
Photo: Stynn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
BCF Arena is an indoor sporting arena in Fribourg, Switzerland. Built in 1983 and then completely rebuilt from 2018 to 2020, the capacity of the arena is 9,262 spectators. BCF Arena is situated 500 metres northwest of Poya Castle.
Morat Gate
Climbing site
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morat Gate is a climbing site, which is situated 290 metres southwest of Poya Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Granges-Paccot and Cormagens.
Granges-Paccot
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Granges-Paccot (; Arpitan: Granges-Pacot is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Cormagens
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cormagens is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Poya Castle.
Pierrafortscha
Hamlet
Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pierrafortscha is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Pierrafortscha is situated 3½ km southeast of Poya Castle.
Poya Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: Castle in Fribourg, Switzerland
- Categories: architectural structure, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Fribourg, Sarine District, Canton of Fribourg, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.81378° or 46° 48′ 50″ northLongitude
7.15946° or 7° 9′ 34″ eastInception
1701Open location code
8FR9R575+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 235808641OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q7236968
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Poya Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “波亚城堡”
- French: “château de la Poya”
- French: “Château de la Poya”
- German: “Schloss La Poya”
- German: “Vorstädtische Villa von François-Philippe de Lanthen-Heid, genannt Schloss La Poya, mit Scheiterhaufen und Stallungen”
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