Nant FR
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The place Nant belongs to the municipality of Mont-Vully and is located in the Swiss canton of Friborg .
location
Nant is at the foot of Mont Vully on Lake Murten and between the districts of Praz and Sugiez . Today, Nant has grown together with these two places.
The district of Nant itself is divided into Nant-Dessus and Nant-Dessous . While Nant-Dessus extends along the "old" in parallel along the shore leading road, lies Nant lingerie higher on the mountain foot on the parallel road at the end of the valley of the valley Vaux de Nant .
history
The place is first mentioned in a document in 1347. The village "vilagium de Nannt" was assigned to the municipality of La Rivière in 1375 by the lord of the city of Murten , along with other places .
building
The so-called Saracen tower is the ruin of a medieval defense tower with a wall thickness of 2 meters.
Attractions
literature
- Hermann Schöpfer, Les Monuments d'Art et d'Histoire du Canton de Friborg Tomme IV, Le Destric du Lac (I) Volume 81 of the series Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz, Édition Wiese Sa Bâle 1989 ISBN 3-909158-21-8 Pages 382– 388
Web links
- Marianne Rolle / AHB: Nant. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art Guide through Switzerland , Volume 3, Edition 5 1982, page 765
Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '28 " N , 7 ° 6' 14.5" E ; CH1903: 574,532 / 200800