Menhir

Menhir is a monument in Vaud, Western Switzerland. Menhir is situated nearby to the library Observatoire astronomique - Bibliothèque, as well as near the university Observatoire de Genève - Université de Genève.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of Saint-Maurice in Sauverny and Bâtie-Beauregard.

Church of Saint-Maurice in Sauverny

Church

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Church of Saint-Maurice in Sauverny is situated 1¼ km northwest of Menhir.

Bâtie-Beauregard

Castle

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The Bâtie-Beauregard - which can be translated from French as "building with a beautiful gaze" - is a ruined hill castle in the municipality of Collex-Bossy and one of the few remnants of a medieval castle in what is now the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland. Bâtie-Beauregard is situated 2 km southwest of Menhir.

Château de Grilly

Castle

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Château de Grilly is a castle, which is situated 3 km northwest of Menhir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chavannes-des-Bois and Ecogia.

Chavannes-des-Bois

Village

Photo: Jeremy.toma, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chavannes-des-Bois is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Chavannes-des-Bois is first mentioned in 1316 as Les Chavannes de Sovernyer. In 1355 it was mentioned as Cabane Nemorum.

Ecogia

Hamlet

Photo: Jeremy.toma, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ecogia is a hamlet.

Mies

Village

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Mies is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Mies is one of the communes of the Canton de Vaud which are collectively known as the "Terre-Sainte". Mies is situated 3½ km east of Menhir.

Menhir

Type: Monument
Category: historic site
Location: Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.30537° or 46° 18′ 19″ north

Longitude

6.12999° or 6° 7′ 48″ east

Open location code

8FR8844H+4X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6682099285

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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