Mont Gosse
| Mont Gosse | ||
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| height | 628 m | |
| location | Haute-Savoie , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , France | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mont Gosse is a 628 m high hill at the eastern foot of the Petit Salève . It is located in the commune of Monnetier-Mornex , in the French department of Haute-Savoie . It is located above the village of Mornex, 200 m above the Arve valley .
The hill is named after the Geneva scientist and pharmacist Henri-Albert Gosse . He bought the hill in 1800 and built a country house and a pavilion on the medieval castle ruins, called Temple de la Nature ( Temple of Nature ), in which the Swiss Society for Natural Research was founded on October 6, 1815 . The site is still owned by the descendants of Henri-Albert Gosse.
Mornex Castle
In the Middle Ages, Mornex Castle stood on the hill. This first belonged to the Mornex family ; In 1289 it was bought by the Counts of Geneva . At the beginning of the 15th century, the castle was purchased by Amadeus VIII , Count of Savoy (later Duke of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, and antipope Felix V) and remained in the possession of the House of Savoy until the Revolution . The castle enclosure had the shape of an irregular rectangle of 85 by 36-40 m; the foundation walls are still visible today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blanche Késer: 1815: la fondation de la société helvétique des sciences naturelles au Mont Gosse . In: Journal de Genève , September 25, 1965, p. 12 ( Memento of the original of December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - 13 ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (PNG, French)
- ↑ Sandra Coram Mekkey: de Mornex. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ Claude Weber: Monnetier-Mornex durant le moyen-âge. In: Salèves , No. 46, 2003, pp. 11-13. PDF (2.4 MB)
