Baillival Castle
Baillival Castle is a bailiff's castle in the municipality of Bulle of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Bulle in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bulle Castle”, “Castle of the bishops of Lausanne, then baillivale residence and prefecture”, and “Château baillival de Bulle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Musée gruérien and Bulle railway station.
Musée gruérien
Museum
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Musée gruérien is a museum located in Bulle, Switzerland which is dedicated to the ethnography and history of the Gruyère District of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The museum was opened in 1917.
Bulle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Quadrien, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bulle railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Bulle, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is located at the junction of three railway lines: the Bulle–Romont, Bulle–Broc, and Palézieux–Bulle–Montbovon lines. Bulle railway station is situated 430 metres northwest of Baillival Castle.
Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens parish church
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens parish church is situated 320 metres north of Baillival Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bulle and Morlon.
Bulle
Town
Photo: Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bulle is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême.
Morlon
Village
Photo: B.nehemie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morlon is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Le Pâquier
Village
Photo: MMMada, Public domain.
Le Pâquier is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Le Pâquier is situated 2½ km south of Baillival Castle.
Baillival Castle
Latitude
46.61742° or 46° 37′ 3″ northLongitude
7.05798° or 7° 3′ 29″ eastOpen location code
8FR9J385+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 336964503OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2968029
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to German—“Baillival Castle” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Châtél de Bulo”
- French: “Château baillival de Bulle”
- French: “château de Bulle”
- French: “Château de Bulle”
- German: “Bulle”
- German: “Burg Bulle”
- German: “Château baillival de Bulle”
- German: “Château De Bulle”
- German: “Château des évêques de Lausanne, puis résidence baillivale et préfecture”
- German: “Schloss Bulle”
- German: “Schloss der Bischöfe von Lausanne, dann Vogteiresidenz und Präfektur”
- German: “Vogteischloss”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Lessoc fountain and Musée gruérien ‒ Bibliothèque de Bulle.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Baillival Castle”. Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.