Pissoir

Pissoir is a building in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen. Pissoir is situated nearby to the museum Historischer Polizeiposten, as well as near Open art museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Open art museum and Abbey of Saint Gall.

Open art museum

Museum

Photo: Armin Andreas Pangerl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Open art museum is situated 210 metres north of Pissoir.

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. Abbey of Saint Gall is situated 1 km northeast of Pissoir.

Abbey Library

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Abbey library of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe". Abbey Library is situated 1 km northeast of Pissoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riethüsli and St. Georgen.

Riethüsli

Suburb

Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Riethüsli is a suburb.

St. Georgen

Suburb

Photo: EtschPat, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Georgen is a suburb.

Gaiserwald

Village

Photo: Taxialex, Public domain.

Gaiserwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The municipality consists of the villages of St. Josefen, Abtwil and Engelburg. Gaiserwald is situated 2½ km west of Pissoir.

Pissoir

Type: Building
Location: Saint Gallen, St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.41784° or 47° 25′ 4″ north

Longitude

9.3676° or 9° 22′ 3″ east

Open location code

8FVFC999+42

OpenStreetMap ID

way 421830584

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=toilets

OpenStreetMap feature

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