Villa Morillon, Manor house complex in Wabern bei Bern, Switzerland

Villa Morillon is a manor house with stables, sheds, and a dovecote situated on landscaped grounds near Bern. The complex comprises several buildings arranged to form a complete farmyard ensemble.

Rudolf Emanuel Frisching bought around 22 Jucharten of land from Georg von Muralt in 1736 and built the first campagne there, a small three-wing complex with a court of honour, which he named Morillon. The estate passed by inheritance from the Frisching family to the von Wattenwyl and later the von Tscharner families. Sophie von Wattenwyl had the present building erected between 1832 and 1834 by Ludwig Friedrich Osterrieth, modelled on Palladio's Villa Rotonda.

The property holds the highest level of cultural protection in Switzerland, showing how wealthy families designed their country estates to display their status. The architecture reflects how the upper classes expressed themselves through impressive buildings.

The villa and coach house were fully restored from early 2022 to the end of August 2023 in close cooperation with the cantonal monument preservation office. An open day for neighbours and interested visitors followed on 16 September 2023. Part of the villa is made available for cultural events, and the park is opened to broader use.

The 1832 reconstruction drew direct inspiration from a celebrated Italian architectural work, with builders adapting it to Swiss building traditions and requirements. This blending of southern European design with local practices makes the estate a remarkable example of cross-cultural influence from that era.