Lucens Castle
Lucens Castle is a castle in the municipality of Lucens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle complex with outbuildings in Lucens in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
- Address: Rue du Château, Lucens, 1522
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lucens railway station and Curtilles Castle.
Lucens railway station
Railway station
Lucens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lucens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways. Lucens railway station is situated 520 metres southeast of Lucens Castle.
Curtilles Castle
Castle
Photo: Mbarbey49, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Curtilles Castle is a castle in the municipality of Curtilles of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Curtilles Castle is situated 1½ km southeast of Lucens Castle.
Lucens reactor
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lucens reactor was a 6 MW experimental nuclear power reactor built next to Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland. After its connection to the electrical grid on 29 January 1968, the reactor only operated for a year before it suffered an accident on 21 January 1969. Lucens reactor is situated 2 km south of Lucens Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Curtilles and Cremin.
Curtilles
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Curtilles is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Cremin
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cremin is a former municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Cremin, Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens.
Oulens-sur-Lucens
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oulens-sur-Lucens is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On July 1, 2011 it was merged into Lucens.
Lucens Castle
- Categories: architectural ensemble, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Lucens, Broye-Vully District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.71067° or 46° 42′ 38″ northLongitude
6.83669° or 6° 50′ 12″ eastOpen location code
8FR8PR6P+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 2269507685OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2969752
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In Other Languages
From French to Romanian—“Lucens Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “Chateau de Lucens”
- French: “château de Lucens”
- French: “Château de lucens”
- French: “Château de Lucens”
- French: “Château De Lucens”
- German: “Château avec donjon, annexe, communs, tour d’enceinte et loge, porte et bretèche, loge du portier, pont-levis, terrasse, murs de soutènement et d’enceinte, fontaine et chapelle Sainte-Agnès”
- German: “Château De Lucens”
- German: “Schloss Lucens”
- Italian: “Castello di Lucens”
- Romanian: “Castelul din Lucens”
- Romanian: “Castelul Lucens”
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