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
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Saint-Maurice in Sauverny is situated 1¼ km northwest of Menhir.
Bâtie-Beauregard
Castle
Photo: RomanDeckert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.30537° or 46° 18′ 19″ northLongitude
6.12999° or 6° 7′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8FR8844H+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 6682099285OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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