Tower of Gourze
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.Photo: Zadina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont de Gourze and Grandvaux railway station.
Mont de Gourze
Peak
Photo: Marc Mongenet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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. Grandvaux railway station is situated 2 km southwest of Tower of Gourze.
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. Lac de Bret is situated 2½ km east of Tower of Gourze.
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.
Tower of Gourze
- Type: Tower
- Description: observation tower in Riex in the Swiss canton of Vaud
- Category: medieval watchtower
- Location: Bourg-en-Lavaux, Lavaux-Oron District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.51098° or 46° 30′ 40″ northLongitude
6.74074° or 6° 44′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8FR8GP6R+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 4355235216OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q3533343
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Tower of Gourze” goes by many names.
- French: “Tour de gourze”
- French: “Tour de Gourze”
- French: “Tour de guet médiévale située sur le mont de Gourze, canton de Vaud, Suisse”
- German: “Tour de Gourze”
- German: “Turm von Gourze”
- Italian: “Torre di Gourze”
- Spanish: “torre de Gourze”
- Spanish: “Torre de Gourze”
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