Tour Saint-Martin (Molondin)
Tour Saint-Martin
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Place: | Molondine | ||||
Canton: | Vaud | ||||
Country: | Switzerland | ||||
Altitude : | 619 m | ||||
Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '31.4 " N , 6 ° 45' 32.9" E ; CH1903: 548105 / 180695 | |||||
Use: | Observation tower | ||||
Accessibility: | Observation tower open to the public | ||||
Tower data | |||||
Construction time : | 1240 | ||||
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Total height : | 22 m | ||||
Viewing platform: | 20 m | ||||
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The Tour Saint-Martin is a lookout tower at 619 m above sea level. M. in the municipality of Molondin in the Swiss canton of Vaud .
situation
The building, erected in 1240 as a defense tower , is 22 meters high and, along with some remains of the fortress wall, is the only evidence of a town that was important in the Middle Ages.
105 steps lead to the viewing platform at a height of 20 meters. From the platform there is a view of the surrounding villages and the Jura .
The tower has been a listed building since 1911 and was restored in 1965.