Neuchâtel from Village to City

4 September 2019

The tribe of Helvetians inhabited the area of the canton of Neuchâtel before the arrival of the Romans in 15-13 BC. The Laténium in Hauterive shows pile dwellings and other Celtic objects from this period.

Rudolph III (977-1032), the last king of the Kingdom of Burgundy (888-1032) built a new castle (Novum Castellum) on a hill.

Six models in the Galeries de l’histoire illustrate the history of the city and the castle.

(Source: J. Bujard and others, Histoire du canton de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel 2014).