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unusual facts about canton of Vaud



François Briatte

François Briatte (27 September 1805 – 30 January 1877) was a Swiss politician, member of the Conseil d'Etat of the Canton of Vaud (1845–1861), member and several times President of the Swiss Council of States.

Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber

The two were married in 1790 and lived for a short time on Lake Geneva, in the Canton of Vaud, where their daughter was born, the future novelist known as Fernán Caballero.

Mathod Castle

Mathod Castle is a castle in the municipality of Mathod of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Romanus of Condat

These included Condat Abbey, which was the nucleus of the later town of Saint-Claude, Jura), Lauconne (later Saint-Lupicin, as Lupicinus was buried there), La Balme (Beaume) (later Saint-Romain-de-Roche), where Romanus was buried, and Romainmôtier (Romanum monasterium) in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Vincy Castle

Vincy Castle is a castle in the municipality of Gilly of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland.


see also

Bellerive

Bellerive, Switzerland, municipality in the district of Avenches in the canton of Vaud

Écublens

Écublens, Vaud, a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Fort de Chillon

Chillon was considered for purchase by the Canton of Vaud in 1998 and was briefly opened for public tours, with the intention of making it into a museum.

Goumoens

The municipality of Goumoëns which was formed by the merger of Goumoens-le-Jux and Goumoens-la-Ville in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Gros Mont

The alp lies at the upper end of the Vallée du Gros Mont, just north of a 1,404 metre high pass connecting Charmey with Rougemont (in the canton of Vaud).

La Para

La Para (also named La Pare or La Tornette) is a mountain of the western Bernese Alps, overlooking Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud.

Le Rubli

Le Rubli (or Rüeblihorn) is a 2,285 metres high mountain in the western Bernese Alps, overlooking Rougemont in the canton of Vaud, near the border with the canton of Berne.

Musée Baud

The Musée Baud is a music-box museum in the Swiss village of L'Auberson in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud.

Sex Rouge

The Sex Rouge (also spelled Scex Rouge) is a mountain situated in the Diablerets massif of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud.

Tannay

Tannay, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Toblerone line

The Toblerone line is a 10-km long defensive line made of dragon's teeth that was built during the second World War between Bassins and Prangins, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Urbain Olivier

The brother of Juste Olivier, he was well known from 1856 onwards as the author of numerous popular tales of rural life in the Canton of Vaud, especially of the region near Nyon.

Veyron

Chavannes-le-Veyron, a municipality in the district of Cossonay of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland