Chaumont observation tower

Chaumont Tower

Basic data

Place:

Neuchâtel

Canton:

Neuchâtel

Country:

Switzerland

Altitude :

1087 m

Coordinates: 47 ° 1 '33.6 " N , 6 ° 57' 29.3" E ; CH1903: five hundred and sixty-three thousand four hundred and seventy-three / two hundred and eight thousand four hundred and forty

Use:

Observation tower

Accessibility:

Observation tower open to the public

Tower data

Construction time :

1912

Architect :	Arthur Bura
Building material :	concrete

Total height :

20 m

Viewing platform:

10 m

Position map

Chaumont Tower

The observation tower Chaumont ( French : "Tour panoramique de Chaumont" ) is one of the oldest observation towers from concrete and is next to the mountain station of the funicular La Coudre - Chaumont to Mount Chaumont ( Funiculaire de Chaumont ) above the town of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

The filigree reinforced concrete tower from 1912, designed by the architect Arthur Bura and the engineer Arthur Studer, has a special feature that is partly accessed via a long inclined ramp made of steel framework construction.

A turnstile (entry CHF 1.–) followed by a sloping walkway to the tower and 56 steps leads to the platform at a height of 10 meters. The observation tower with antenna is about 20 meters high.

The observation tower can be reached in 2–3 minutes from the car park or the terminus of the funicular.

Stairs
Viewing platform
Entrance with cash register

The tower is under monument protection, with the middle monument protection status of regional importance.

Web links

Commons : Chaumont Tower - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ "Tour panoramique de Chaumont"
^ B objects NE 2018 . Canton de Neuchâtel Inventaire PBC, objets B, état: 1.1.2018 (changements pour 2018 en bleu) / Kanton Neuchâtel KGS inventory, B objects, status: 1.1.2018 (changes for 2018 are marked in blue). In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 31, 2017 (PDF; 245 kB, 4 pages, updated annually, the changes for 2018 are marked in blue).

and display information about the image

360 ° panorama from the Chaumont observation tower

[1] "Tour panoramique de Chaumont"

[2] B objects NE 2018 . Canton de Neuchâtel Inventaire PBC, objets B, état: 1.1.2018 (changements pour 2018 en bleu) / Kanton Neuchâtel KGS inventory, B objects, status: 1.1.2018 (changes for 2018 are marked in blue). In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 31, 2017 (PDF; 245 kB, 4 pages, updated annually, the changes for 2018 are marked in blue).