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18 GREAT VIEW
Grandson Sea of Fog
The elevated terrace
! B4 £ @ n 13 Rue at Ste-Croix enjoys
Haute; www.yverdon
lesbainsregion panoramic views from
Santis, in the Alpstein
Dominated by its medieval massif, to Mont Blanc
on clear days, but even
castle, the town of Grandson
EXPERIENCE Western Switzerland the Swiss Confederation: the 19 Swiss plateau blanketed
on cloudy days it’s
is associated with a momen­
worth the trip here for
tous event in the history of
the chance to see the
defeat of Charles the Bold,
in a thick sea of fog.
Duke of Burgundy, at the
Battle of Grandson on
2 March 1476.
In February 1476, the duke’s
army laid siege to Grandson
Ste-Croix
and its castle, eventually
securing the surrender of the
garrison, which was put to
www.sainte-croix-les-
death. After raising an army
rasses-tourisme.ch
of 18,000, the Confederates ! A4 £ @ n 10 Rue Neuve;
marched on Grandson to Appropriately known as the
wreak revenge on the duke Balcony of the Jura, the town Musée du CIMA
and his army. The Burgundians of Ste­Croix lies at an altitude "' ⌂ 2 Rue de l’Industrie
fled, abandoning their arms of 1,092 m (3,583 ft) and # Guided tours only; see
and horses, as well as the commands a wide view of website for times (free last
ducal treasury. The trove is the Alps, the Swiss Upland Sun of month) ∑ musees.ch
now displayed in Bern’s and the Jura mountains.
Historisches Museum (p77). Since the early 19th century Musée Baud
Built between the 11th and Ste­Croix has been the world "' ⌂ 23 Grand-Rue,
14th centuries, the Château capital of musical­box manu­ L’Auberson # Jul–Sep: 2–5pm
de Grandson rises proudly facture. Two local museums daily; Oct–Jun: 2–5pm Sat &
from the magnificent shores are devoted to this art. In the Sun (guided tours onl)
of Lake Neuchâtel. It contains town centre, the Musée du ∑ museebaud.ch
a model of the battlefield and CIMA (Centre International
a diorama illustrating the de la Méchanique d’Art) has
town’s history from the Middle every mechanical toy and 20
Ages to the present day. In device imaginable, while the
the basement is an auto­ Musée Baud, in the village Neuchâtel
mobile museum with a white of L’Auber son, features music ! B3 £ @ n Hôtel des
Rolls­Royce that belonged to boxes collected by the Baud Postes; www.neuchatel
Greta Garbo and Winston family, as well as singing birds tourisme.ch
Churchill’s Austin Cambridge. and animated figures.
Lying on the northwestern
Château de Grandson shore of Lake Neuchâtel,
" ⌂ Place du Château Neuchâtel is a graceful town
§ 024 445 29 26 # Apr–Oct: with a strikingly Gallic atmo­
8:15am–6pm daily; Nov–Mar: sphere. Its main attractions
8:15am–5pm daily are its castle, early Gothic
church (the Église Collégiale)
and Renaissance market hall.
It also has two museums
of note. The Musée d’Art et
d’Histoire displays paintings
by some of the Swiss and
French Impressionists, as
well as fascinating automata.
The town’s other main
An exhibit from the museum, the Laténium,
museum of mechanical Parc et Musée d’Archéologie
devices in Ste-Croix de Neuchâtel, is a large and
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