GARDENS AND SCULPTURES 2019 PRESS PACK CHÂTEAU DE VULLIERENS Contents 3 History 4 The gardens 12 The sculptors 22 The wines THE ESTATE –LIVING HISTORY THE GARDENS– UNIQUE IN SWITZERLAND In the Bovet de Mestral family for over 700 years Over 30 hectares 24 Café des Jardins A magnificent 18th-century construction 400 varieties of iris, the largest collection in Europe, 100 hectares of grounds plus daylilies, roses, tulips, peonies, rhododendrons… 25 Portes des Iris 8 hectares of vineyard producing 4 wines : Chasselas, 7 themed gardens 26 The Gift Shop Pinot Noir, Gamaret-Garanoir, Gamaret-Garanoir Rosé Themed walks : roses, centennial trees, architecture 27 Visitor information PRESS ENQUIRIES: THE LOCATION– BEYOND COMPARE ART – AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE Sophie Bertorelli : 20 minutes from Lausanne, 40 minutes from Geneva 72 contemporary artworks 021 869 88 80 Views onto Lake Geneva, the Alps and Mont Blanc 19 sculptors
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[email protected] LE CHÂTEAU DE VULLIERENS - 2019 PRESS PACK - CHATEAUVULLIERENS.CH 2 HISTORY A family heritage, part of Swiss history THE FIRST CHÂTEAU Through marriage and inheritance, Vullierens ing, must have found the new architecture to Château de Vullierens presents a fine exam- remained with the de Colombiers then went her liking as she stayed, and went on to give ple of the architecture of its period, not a sin- The first record of the parish of Willerens, to the Allinges, until 1665 when it was giv- her husband 11 children.