Zugora

Castle and palace

Schloss Buonas

Risch · 443 m above sea level

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Buonas Castle
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Buonas Castle stands on a peninsula on the western shore of Lake Zug. After a fire in 1478 it was rebuilt from 1494 to 1498; the extensive park was laid out from 1873 to 1877. Castle and park belong to F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and serve as a training centre.

Facts

  • Rebuilt 1494–1498 after the fire of 1478
  • Castle park 1873–1877 to plans by William Wilkinson and Adolf Nabholz
  • Privately owned (Roche Forum Buonas)
  • Heritage site of national importance (KGS A)

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,678,268 / 1,221,575

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.