Fort du Scex
The Fort du Scex is a component of Fortress Saint-Maurice, which is in turn one of the three principal fortified regions of the National Redoubt of Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St-Maurice railway station and Hermitage of Notre-Dame du Scex.
St-Maurice railway station
Railway station
Photo: Albins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St-Maurice railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Saint-Maurice, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and the terminus of the Saint-Gingolph–Saint-Maurice line. St-Maurice railway station is situated 590 metres northeast of Fort du Scex.
Hermitage of Notre-Dame du Scex
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbühl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hermitage of Notre-Dame du Scex is a church, which is situated 330 metres northeast of Fort du Scex.
Saint-Maurice Castle
Castle
Photo: Roland Zumbühl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Maurice Castle is a castle in the municipality of Saint-Maurice of the Canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Saint-Maurice Castle is situated 1¼ km northeast of Fort du Scex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vérossaz and Lavey-les-Bains.
Vérossaz
Village
Photo: Christoph Radtke, CC BY 3.0.
Vérossaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
Lavey-les-Bains
Village
Lavey-les-Bains is a village in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Lavey-les-Bains is located in the former municipality Lavey. In 1852 Lavey municipality merged with its neighbor to form a new and larger municipality Lavey-Morcles.
Lavey-Village
Village
Lavey-Village is a village in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The village was first recorded in the year 1016 as A Laver. In 1189 it was known as Laveto.
Fort du Scex
- Type: Castle
- Description: military museum
- Categories: military museum, fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Saint-Maurice, Saint-Maurice District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.21368° or 46° 12′ 49″ northLongitude
6.99558° or 6° 59′ 44″ eastOpen location code
8FR86X7W+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4892181832OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1438881
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Fort du Scex” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort du Scex”
- French: “fort du Scex”
- French: “Fort du Scex”
- German: “A 160”
- German: “Festung Scex”
- German: “Fort du Scex”
- German: “Fort Scex”
- Russian: “Форт дю Се”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include RSV Centre Hospitalier du Chablais, Clinique Saint-Amé and Office du tourisme de Saint Maurice.
Nearby Places
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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 “Fort du Scex”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.