Curtilles Castle

Curtilles Castle is a castle in the municipality of Curtilles of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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Type: Castle
Description: residential building in Curtilles in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Also known as: “Château de Curtilles”
Address: Chemin du Château 1, Curtilles

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lucens railway station and Lucens Castle.

Lucens railway station

Railway station

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Lucens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lucens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Palézieux–Lyss line of Swiss Federal Railways. Lucens railway station is situated 1¼ km northwest of Curtilles Castle.

Lucens Castle

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Lucens Castle is a castle in the municipality of Lucens in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Lucens Castle is situated 1½ km northwest of Curtilles Castle.

Lucens reactor

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The Lucens reactor was a 6 MW experimental nuclear power reactor built next to Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland. After its connection to the electrical grid on 29 January 1968, the reactor only operated for a year before it suffered an accident on 21 January 1969. Lucens reactor is situated 2 km west of Curtilles Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Curtilles and Lucens.

Curtilles

Village

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Curtilles is a municipality in the district Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Lucens

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Lucens is a city in the Jura region of Western Switzerland. It has its place in Swiss history as the location of an experimental nuclear reactor which was destroyed in a partial meltdown in 1969, Switzerland's most serious nuclear accident to date.