Prangins, Lake Geneva Region

Prangins is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Geneva. Prangins also hosts one of the branches of the Swiss National Museum.

The Château de 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. Hublot watch factory orginizes meetings and exhibitons at this local.