Switzerland · Restored
Rapperswil Castle
Rapperswil Castle is a medieval hilltop castle on a rocky peninsula above the town of Rapperswil on the upper Lake Zurich shore. Built in the early 13th century and rebuilt in the mid-14th century, it has three corner towers connected by curtain walls around a central six-storey palais and houses the Polish National Museum today.
First raised
1220
Its prime
1354
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1354
The shape it held in its prime.
An almost equilateral triangular stone castle with three corner towers linked by crenellated ramparts: the high southwest donjon (Gügeliturm) with a steep pyramidal tiled roof, a five-sided east clock tower (Zeitturm) bearing large painted clock faces and a sundial, and a northwest powder tower. Between them sits a long six-storey rectangular palais with a steep tiled roof and rows of small rectangular windows. Pale local sandstone walls, weathered clay roof tiles with patches of moss, standing on a rocky peninsula above the town and lake.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1354.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Rapperswil Castle — including 4 interiors: zeitturm (clock tower) face and bell chamber, rittersaal (knights' hall), palais interior housing museum spaces and restaurant and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Rapperswil Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1354 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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