Castles
Castle of Morges
The Castle of Morges was built by Louis de Savoie in order to put up resistance against the diocese of Lausanne. It served as a fortress and as domicile for the counts and dukes of Savoy, later for the Bernese bailiffs. Nowadays the Castle of Morges accommodates four museums: The Vaud Military Museum, the Swiss Museum of Historical Tin Figures, the Artillery Museum and the Museum of the Vaud Gendarmerie.
Rue du Château
1110 Morges
Tel. +41 (0)21 316 09 90
Fax +41 (0)21 316 09 91
musee-militaire.vaudois@vd.ch
www.musees-vd.ch/fr/chateau-morges/accueil/
The Castle of La Sarraz
The Castle of La Sarraz, that has been a manorial residence for several centuries, has kept its homely and familial atmosphere. In 1982, a horse museum was created in the castle. The Castle of La Sarraz and the Horse Museum are open to the public.
Le Château 1
1315 La Sarraz
Tel. +41 (0)21 866 64 23
Fax +41 (0)21 866 11 80
chateau.lasarraz@bluewin.ch
www.swisscastles.ch/Vaud/lasarraz/
Private castles
In the Morges region practically every village has its own castle, yet sometimes the castle is a quite normal house. Most of these castles are private and not open to the public. The most popular of the private castles is the one at Vufflens. It makes part of a little group of Vaud castles that were made of bricks at the end of the Middle Ages.
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