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Tourbillon Castle

ruins of the bishop's castle in Sion in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Place archaeological_site Q2970842
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Tourbillon Castle

Summary

Tourbillon Castle is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tourbillon Castle is located in Sion[3].
  • Tourbillon Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Tourbillon Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].
  • Tourbillon Castle's instance of is recorded as castle ruin[6].
  • Tourbillon Castle's architect is recorded as Boniface de Challant[7].
  • Tourbillon Castle is part of list of cultural properties in Sion[8].
  • Tourbillon Castle's Commons category is recorded as Château de Tourbillon[9].
  • 1290 marks the founding of Tourbillon Castle[10].
  • Tourbillon Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.236463888889, 'lon': 7.3669527777778}[11].
  • Tourbillon Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.tourbillon.ch[12].
  • Tourbillon Castle's described at URL is recorded as https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/ech/MapServer/ch.babs.kulturgueter/7044/extendedHtmlPopup[13].
  • Tourbillon Castle's described at URL is recorded as https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.babs.kulturgueter/PDF/KGS_07044_GSK-f.pdf[14].
  • Tourbillon Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[15].
  • Tourbillon Castle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Château de Tourbillon'}[16].
  • Tourbillon Castle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schloss Tourbillon'}[17].
  • Tourbillon Castle's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of Sion from Château de Tourbillon[18].

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Geography

Tourbillon Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Sion[3]. It is part of list of cultural properties in Sion[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[5] and castle ruin[6]. Tourbillon Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[15].

History and Context

1290 marks the founding of Tourbillon Castle[10].

Why It Matters

Tourbillon Castle ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · AnBuKu · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Official website → https://www.tourbillon.ch
    Coordinates → —
    Aliases → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.tourbillon.ch"
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