67:
510:
20:
63:
forests. To avoid unnecessary felling of trees, logs and squared timber were used, partly from dying
Douglas firs for the exterior and also fir and spruce for the interior. The project was approved by the city council on July 2, 1996, and the building permit was granted to the client, the Union des sociétés de développement de Lausanne (USDL), on March 12, 1998.
74:
The majority of the approximately 1.19 million Swiss francs in construction costs were financed by sponsors. Anyone could contribute financially by purchasing stair treads; for private individuals, one cost 1,000 francs, and for companies, 3,000 francs. In return, each landing is inscribed with the
62:
In the 1980s, EPFL professor Julius
Natterer tasked his students with developing various construction designs for a tower. In a motion and an interpellation in 1994 and 1996, city councillor Pierre Payot proposed that the observation tower be constructed using wood sourced directly from Lausanne's
78:
The tower was completed on
November 29, 2003, and has been open to the public since December 15, 2003. Access is automatically controlled by a revolving gate and closes during bad weather and after opening hours. The maximum number of people at any given time is limited to 50 for safety reasons.
167:
112:
523:
199:
407:
299:
113:
http://www.tour-de-sauvabelin-lausanne.ch/index.php?sauvabelin-lausanne=tour-de-sauvabelin-intro&cat=tour-sauvabelin&language=english
397:
143:
567:
382:
442:
338:
226:
115:
Official website of the Tour de
Sauvabelin, www.tour-de-sauvabelin-lausanne.ch (page visited on 20 April 2013)
450:
387:
368:
417:
487:
412:
470:
500:
392:
125:
465:
482:
477:
219:
323:
66:
455:
402:
358:
333:
318:
254:
8:
514:
432:
343:
313:
308:
259:
31:(literally "Tower of Sauvabelin") is a wooden tower located in the Sauvabelin forest,
562:
274:
249:
212:
88:
460:
348:
377:
328:
43:
427:
422:
556:
538:
525:
269:
93:
194:
51:
36:
264:
288:
235:
47:
46:
and is 35 meters high . It offers a panoramic view of the city of
32:
19:
279:
284:
204:
498:
126:"La tour de bois qui étreint le panorama lémanique"
554:
54:and the surrounding countryside and mountains.
408:Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts
220:
200:Page on the website of the City of Lausanne
227:
213:
144:"Tour de Sauvabelin – Ville de Lausanne"
65:
18:
99:
555:
208:
339:Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
13:
14:
579:
188:
508:
568:Tourist attractions in Lausanne
398:Cantonal and University Library
42:The tower was built in 2003 by
160:
136:
118:
106:
23:The Tour de Sauvabelin (2014).
1:
388:Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts
234:
7:
488:Funiculaire Lausanne-Signal
243:Districts, places and parks
172:scriptorium.bcu-lausanne.ch
82:
10:
584:
393:Cantonal Museum of Zoology
441:
383:Cantonal Botanical Garden
367:
298:
242:
483:Trolleybuses in Lausanne
413:Collection de l'art brut
57:
466:Lausanne MĂ©tro Line M1
71:
24:
456:Lausanne-Flon station
69:
22:
539:46.53528°N 6.63861°E
471:Métro Lausanne–Ouchy
334:EPFL Learning Center
100:Notes and references
16:Tower in Switzerland
535: /
324:Château Saint-Maire
433:Swiss Film Archive
354:Tour de Sauvabelin
344:Palais de Beaulieu
309:Beau-Rivage Palace
72:
70:Tower contributors
29:Tour de Sauvabelin
25:
544:46.53528; 6.63861
496:
495:
418:Musée de l'Élysée
275:Parc de Mon Repos
250:Lac de Sauvabelin
132:. 27 August 2003.
89:Lac de Sauvabelin
575:
550:
549:
547:
546:
545:
540:
536:
533:
532:
531:
528:
513:
512:
511:
504:
443:Public transport
349:Palais de Rumine
229:
222:
215:
206:
205:
195:Official website
182:
181:
179:
178:
164:
158:
157:
155:
154:
140:
134:
133:
122:
116:
110:
75:sponsor's name.
583:
582:
578:
577:
576:
574:
573:
572:
553:
552:
543:
541:
537:
534:
529:
526:
524:
522:
521:
519:
509:
507:
499:
497:
492:
478:Railway station
437:
363:
329:Lausanne Palace
319:Château d'Ouchy
294:
238:
233:
191:
186:
185:
176:
174:
166:
165:
161:
152:
150:
148:www.lausanne.ch
142:
141:
137:
124:
123:
119:
111:
107:
102:
85:
60:
44:Julius Natterer
17:
12:
11:
5:
581:
571:
570:
565:
518:
517:
494:
493:
491:
490:
485:
480:
475:
474:
473:
468:
461:Lausanne MĂ©tro
458:
453:
447:
445:
439:
438:
436:
435:
430:
428:Lausanne Opera
425:
423:Olympic Museum
420:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
385:
380:
374:
372:
365:
364:
362:
361:
356:
351:
346:
341:
336:
331:
326:
321:
316:
311:
305:
303:
296:
295:
293:
292:
282:
277:
272:
267:
262:
257:
252:
246:
244:
240:
239:
232:
231:
224:
217:
209:
203:
202:
197:
190:
189:External links
187:
184:
183:
159:
135:
117:
104:
103:
101:
98:
97:
96:
91:
84:
81:
59:
56:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
580:
569:
566:
564:
561:
560:
558:
551:
548:
516:
506:
505:
502:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
472:
469:
467:
464:
463:
462:
459:
457:
454:
452:
449:
448:
446:
444:
440:
434:
431:
429:
426:
424:
421:
419:
416:
414:
411:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
394:
391:
389:
386:
384:
381:
379:
378:Ballet BĂ©jart
376:
375:
373:
370:
366:
360:
357:
355:
352:
350:
347:
345:
342:
340:
337:
335:
332:
330:
327:
325:
322:
320:
317:
315:
312:
310:
307:
306:
304:
302:and monuments
301:
297:
290:
286:
283:
281:
278:
276:
273:
271:
270:Parc de Milan
268:
266:
263:
261:
258:
256:
253:
251:
248:
247:
245:
241:
237:
230:
225:
223:
218:
216:
211:
210:
207:
201:
198:
196:
193:
192:
173:
169:
168:"Scriptorium"
163:
149:
145:
139:
131:
127:
121:
114:
109:
105:
95:
94:Spiral stairs
92:
90:
87:
86:
80:
76:
68:
64:
55:
53:
49:
45:
40:
38:
34:
30:
21:
520:
403:Conservatory
353:
175:. Retrieved
171:
162:
151:. Retrieved
147:
138:
129:
120:
108:
77:
73:
61:
41:
28:
26:
542: /
515:Switzerland
371:and culture
37:Switzerland
557:Categories
527:46°32′07″N
177:2024-07-03
153:2024-07-03
52:Lake LĂ©man
530:6°38′19″E
451:Bus lines
359:Synagogue
314:Cathedral
300:Buildings
265:Montbenon
563:Lausanne
289:Lousonna
236:Lausanne
130:Le Temps
83:See also
48:Lausanne
33:Lausanne
369:Museums
260:Le Flon
255:La Cité
501:Portal
50:, the
280:Ouchy
58:Story
285:Vidy
27:The
559::
170:.
146:.
128:.
39:.
35:,
503::
291:)
287:(
228:e
221:t
214:v
180:.
156:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.