Julia Burbulla

PD Dr Julia Burbulla is an art historian and carries out research at the university in the Department of History of Architecture and Monument Preservation.

Baroque gardens in Switzerland

Julia Burbulla 28.12.2022 In France the layout of the Baroque garden was subject to strict rules, and its purpose was to illustrate power and wealth. Here in Switzerland, too, members of the aristocracy and the wealthy merchant classes constructed their gardens based on the French model – albeit with good Swiss simplicity.

The Baroque garden of Schloss Waldegg near Solothurn, laid out by Johann Viktor I von Besenval in around 1700.