Minaret of Philippe Suchard

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

The Minaret of Philippe Suchard is a Moorish Revival belvedere and residential structure completed in 1868 in Serrières, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, designed by architect Louis-Daniel Perrier. Rising as a distinctive architectural ornament above its residential base, the minaret exemplifies the nineteenth-century European fascination with Orientalist design, translating Islamic architectural forms into the Swiss landscape. Functioning both as a lookout tower and an integral element of the building itself, this unusual structure stands as a whimsical testament to the industrial prosperity and cosmopolitan tastes of its era.