Mont de Gourze
Mont de Gourze is a mountain in Switzerland, overlooking Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. On the summit is located the medieval lookout tower of Gourze.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Marc Mongenet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 927 metres
- Description: mountain of the Swiss Plateau
- Also known as: “Tour de Gourze”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tower of Gourze and Grandvaux railway station.
Tower of Gourze
Tower
Photo: Zadina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The tower of Gourze is the remnants of a medieval lookout tower on the Mont de Gourze in the Swiss canton of Vaud. A square tower, it is approximately 9 metres tall and has views over Lake Geneva.
Grandvaux railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grandvaux railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Lausanne–Bern line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Lac de Bret
Lake
Photo: Dake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lac de Bret is a lake in the municipality of Puidoux, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located north of Lake Geneva. The natural lake is used as a drinking water reservoir for the city of Lausanne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riex and Lavaux.
Riex
Village
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riex is a former municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.
Lavaux
Lavaux is internationally famous as a terraced wine-growing region on the shores of Lake Geneva in western Switzerland. It covers the territory roughly from Lausanne to Montreux, extending to an altitude of roughly 500 meters above lake level and including 6 lake shore villages and the city of Vevey.
Epesses
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Epesses is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron on Lake Geneva. It is noted for its wine production.
Mont de Gourze
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Bourg-en-Lavaux, Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.51096° or 46° 30′ 39″ northLongitude
6.74068° or 6° 44′ 27″ eastElevation
927 metres (3,041 feet)Open location code
8FR8GP6R+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 286343120OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mont de Gourze” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tour de Gourze”
- Dutch: “Mont de Gourze”
- Dutch: “Tour de Gourze”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت د جورز”
- French: “Mont de Gourze”
- French: “Tour de Gourze”
- German: “Mont de Gourze”
- Ladin: “Mont de Gourze”
- Spanish: “Monte de Gourze”
- Swedish: “Gourzebergret”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle de Bahyse and Terrain de la Tioleyre.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mont de Gourze”. Photo: Marc Mongenet, CC BY-SA 4.0.