Donneloye Castle is a castle in the municipality of Donneloye of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
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The castle was probably first built in the 15th century and passed through many hands from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Charles III, Duke of Savoy sold it in 1534 to Marguerite de Bellevaux, who sold it on to Guillaume Regnauld who in turn sold it to Marguerite de Chanéaz in 1597.
After passing through other hands, the castle was purchased in 1652 by Jean-Philippe Loys. His family possessed it until the end of the 18th century, when the conseiller d'état Jacques-François Viquerat (1838-1904) bought it.
The building today consists of a principal rectangular body divided by a wide central corridor. At the end of the present garden is a massive round tower, probably a dovecote. The building has no sculptures like those of the castle of Avenches, but it is a typical example of a rural medieval Savoyard manor house. The castle is currently in private hands, and in the throes of extensive restoration.[1]
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