Tour Mélusine
The Tour Mélusine is the keep of a former castle in the commune of Vouvant in the département of Vendée in France.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: keep of a former castle in Vouvant (Vendée, France)
- Also known as: “Mélusine tower” and “tour Melusine”
- Address: Place du Bail, Vouvant, 85120
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town hall of Vouvant and Walled enclosure of Vouvant.
Town hall of Vouvant
Town hall
Photo: Vouvant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Town hall of Vouvant is situated 200 metres southeast of Tour Mélusine.
Walled enclosure of Vouvant
Photo: Patrimoine85, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walled enclosure of Vouvant is situated 230 metres south of Tour Mélusine.
Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Vouvant church
Church
Photo: Ludovic G., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Vouvant church is situated 240 metres southeast of Tour Mélusine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vouvant and Cezais.
Vouvant
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vouvant is a commune in the department of Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Vouvant is labelled as Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, Petites Cités de Caractère, and the village has obtained two flowers out of five in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris.
Cezais
Village
Photo: Spouik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cezais is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-du-Fougerais. Cezais is situated 4 km northwest of Tour Mélusine.
Saint-Maurice-des-Noues
Village
Photo: Éduarel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Maurice-des-Noues is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Saint-Maurice-des-Noues is situated 5 km northeast of Tour Mélusine.
Tour Mélusine
- Categories: keep, building, and historic site
- Location: Vouvant, Arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.57352° or 46° 34′ 25″ northLongitude
-0.77183° or 0° 46′ 19″ westHeight
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
8CRXH6FH+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 254581930OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q2371497
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In Other Languages
“Tour Mélusine” goes by many names.
- French: “tour Mélusine”
- French: “Tour Mélusine”
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