Artillery Fort of Champex

Artillery Fort of Champex is a museum in Orsières, Entremont District, Valais which is located on Route de la Piscine. Artillery Fort of Champex is situated nearby to the church Eglise catholique, as well as near Chapelle des Arolles.

Photo: Picea Abies, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Switzerland
Also known as: “Fort d’artillerie de Champex-Lac”
Address: Route de la Piscine

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Champex Pass and Orsières railway station.

Champex Pass

Mountain saddle

Champex Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is near the village of Champex-Lac.

Orsières railway station

Railway station

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Orsières railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Orsières, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is the southern terminus of the standard gauge Martigny–Orsières line of Transports de Martigny et Régions. Orsières railway station is situated 1½ km east of Artillery Fort of Champex.

Saint Nicholas of Myra bell tower and church

Church

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Saint Nicholas of Myra bell tower and church is situated 2 km east of Artillery Fort of Champex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Champex and Orsières.

Champex

Village

Photo: Bescoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Champex is a village located in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Valais, part of the municipality of Orsières. The village lies at 1,470 metres on the shore of Lac de Champex, at the foot of the Mont Blanc Massif.