La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins
La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins is a castle in Estavayer, Broye District, Canton of Fribourg. La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins is situated nearby to the hamlet Franex, as well as near La Vounaise.Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheyres railway station.
Cheyres railway station
Railway stop
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cheyres railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Cheyres, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon line of Swiss Federal Railways. Cheyres railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franex and La Vounaise.
Franex
Hamlet
Photo: Sinenomine2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franex is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was first recorded in 1242 as Frasnei. The municipality had 84 inhabitants in 1811, which increased to 131 in 1850.
La Vounaise
Hamlet
La Vounaise is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 1981 the municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Murist.
Murist
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC0.
Murist is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Its territory was enlarged in 1981 with the formerly independent municipalities La Vounaise and Montborget, and in 1992 with Franex.
La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle and town ruins in Murist in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Categories: architectural structure, fortified tower, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Estavayer, Broye District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.79793° or 46° 47′ 53″ northLongitude
6.82192° or 6° 49′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8FR8QRXC+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 306208629OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q3533599
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins” goes by many names.
- French: “tour de la Molière”
- French: “Tour de la Molière”
- German: “Château De La Molière”
- German: “La Molière, mittelalterliche Schloss- und Burgruinen”
- German: “La Molière”
- German: “Tour de la Molière”
- Turkish: “La Molière Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Refuge de la Vounaise and Grotte de la Molière.
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