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Château de Prangins

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Prangins
Prangins
The Château de Prangins was built in the 18th century by Louis Guiguer, a Swiss banker living in Paris, and has hosted illustrious guests from Voltaire to Joseph Bonaparte.
This national historical monument, standing on an elevated position above Lake Geneva, is now a historical museum, presenting the history of Switzerland from 1750 to 1920 in around 40 rooms. Displays cover a variety of themes from economy and education to health, tourism and emigration, with exhibits ranging from a Breguet wall clock and a hail cannon to a reproduction 19th-century grocer’s shop of colonial goods. The castle is set in a romantic park, and boasts the largest traditional kitchen garden in Switzerland.

How to get there:
By car: take the A1 motorway, from Geneva exit at Nyon, from Lausanne exit at Galand, then follow the road signs.
By train: take the train from Geneva or Lausanne to Nyon and take a bus to Prangins (this takes approximately 8 minutes).

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