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The Tour de Sauvabelin (literally "Tower of Sauvabelin") is a wooden tower located in the Sauvabelin forest,
Official website
{{Coord, 46, 32, 07, N, 6, 38, 19, E, region:CH-VD_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Lausanne Tourist attractions in Lausanne
The Tour de Sauvabelin (literally "Tower of Sauvabelin") is a wooden tower located in the Sauvabelin forest, Lausanne
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, Switzerland
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The tower was built in 2003 and is 35 meters high by Julius Natterer
Julius Natterer, (December 5, 1938 – October 25, 2021), was a German engineer and professor of wood construction at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
Career
Julius Natterer studied at the Technical University of Munich ...
. It provides with panoramic view on the city of Lausanne
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, the Lake Léman
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and the surrounding countryside and mountains.
See also
*Lac de Sauvabelin
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Lac de Sauvabelin (literally "Lake of Sauvabelin") is an artificial lake in the Sauvabelin forest, above Lausanne, Switzerland.
The city of Lausanne authorized the construction of the lake in 1888. A few years later, Funiculaire Lausa ...
* Spiral stairs
Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This is achieved as a diagonal series of horizontal platforms called steps which enable passage ...
Notes and references
External links
Official website
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