Pierre à sabot Prangins

Pierre à sabot Prangins is a historic site in Prangins, Nyon District, Vaud. Pierre à sabot Prangins is situated nearby to the hospital Hôpital psychiatrique de Prangins, as well as near the pitch Stade des Abériaux.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prangins Castle and La Côte Airfield.

Prangins Castle

Castle

Photo: Sidonius, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Prangins Castle is a castle in the municipality of Prangins of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Prangins Castle is situated 770 metres southwest of Pierre à sabot Prangins.

La Côte Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The La Côte Airfield is a private airfield in Prangins, Switzerland. It hosted a fly-in in 2009, 2011, 2013, on August 15, 2015 and in 2019.

Temple

Church

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Temple is a church, which is situated 1 km southwest of Pierre à sabot Prangins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duillier and Nyon.

Duillier

Village

Photo: Franca Piccione, CC BY 2.0.

Duillier is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Nyon

Photo: ajvhan, CC BY 2.0.

Nyon is a small town on the western shore of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The Romans who founded the settlement in the 1st century BC called it Noviodunum. Today you can visit a few Roman ruins and a Roman museum.

Gland

Town

Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gland is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city also is home to the headquarters of the IUCN and WWF, and hosts the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, also known as the Ramsar Convention. Gland is situated 3 km north of Pierre à sabot Prangins.

Pierre à sabot Prangins

Type: Historic site
Inscription: “LA LOI DEFEND D’ENRAYER SANS GARDE-ROUE ET DE MENER DES BOIS EN TRAINE 1812 (les charretiers de l’époque ne savaient pas tous lire, ainsi la forme d’une roue sur un sabot est également gravée)”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Prangins, Nyon District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.39778° or 46° 23′ 52″ north

Longitude

6.26031° or 6° 15′ 37″ east

Inception

1812

Height

1.2 metres (3.9 feet)

Width

0.28 metres (0.92 feet)

Open location code

8FR897X6+44

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13198060388

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=milestone

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