Aarburg Castle
Aarburg, Switzerland
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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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Aarburg Castle (Festung Aarburg) stands high on a steep, rocky hillside above the town of Aarburg in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Built in 1659 around an earlier medieval castle that controlled a narrow point on the Aare river, it once served as the seat of the Aarburg Vogt. It is a Swiss cultural property of national significance and today houses the Kantonale Jugendheim, an institution for holding and rehabilitating juvenile offenders.
- Built
- Type
- castle, fortress
- Heritage
- class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
- Place
- Aarburg, Switzerland
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