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Saint-Saphorin
Saint-Saphorin is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located on the shore of Lake Geneva, in the district of Lavaux-Oron. History Glerula or Calarona (from la, glarea, 'gravel') was a Gallo-Roman village. The chroniclers Gregory of Tours and Marius of Avenches described what is now called the Tauredunum event of 563. A landslip into the eastern end of Lake Geneva caused a tsunami which swept along the lake causing immense damage. Glerula was among the villages which were destroyed. It was never rebuilt. Instead, a new community was founded a short distance to the east, taking its name from the new church there, dedicated to Saint-Symphorien. That name has, with the passage of years, transformed into Saint-Saphorin. Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) is first mentioned in 1138 as ''de Sancto Sufforiano''. Geography Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.2% is forested. Of the rest of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Saphorin Lavaux
Saint-Saphorin is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located on the shore of Lake Geneva, in the district of Lavaux-Oron. History Glerula or Calarona (from la, glarea, 'gravel') was a Gallo-Roman village. The chroniclers Gregory of Tours and Marius of Avenches described what is now called the Tauredunum event of 563. A landslip into the eastern end of Lake Geneva caused a tsunami which swept along the lake causing immense damage. Glerula was among the villages which were destroyed. It was never rebuilt. Instead, a new community was founded a short distance to the east, taking its name from the new church there, dedicated to Saint-Symphorien. That name has, with the passage of years, transformed into Saint-Saphorin. Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) is first mentioned in 1138 as ''de Sancto Sufforiano''. Geography Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St-Saphorin (Lavaux)
Saint-Saphorin is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located on the shore of Lake Geneva, in the district of Lavaux-Oron. History Glerula or Calarona (from la, glarea, 'gravel') was a Gallo-Roman village. The chroniclers Gregory of Tours and Marius of Avenches described what is now called the Tauredunum event of 563. A landslip into the eastern end of Lake Geneva caused a tsunami which swept along the lake causing immense damage. Glerula was among the villages which were destroyed. It was never rebuilt. Instead, a new community was founded a short distance to the east, taking its name from the new church there, dedicated to Saint-Symphorien. That name has, with the passage of years, transformed into Saint-Saphorin. Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) is first mentioned in 1138 as ''de Sancto Sufforiano''. Geography Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux) has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 11.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Saphorin Roman Villa
The Saint-Saphorin Roman Villa (french: villa romaine de Saint-Saphorin) was a Roman villa in the village of Saint-Saphorin in the Lavaux region, canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is listed as a heritage site of national significance alongside the Reformed Church of Saint-Symphorien and the neighbouring vicarage. History The earliest evidence of human activity in the region date back to 1500 or 1600 BC, as showed by the pilotis excavated in 1893. However, the history of the village of ''Glerula'' dates back to the Roman era. At this time, the area was a stage on the route that connected Italy to Gaul through the Great St Bernard Pass. Archaeologists excavated the remains of a Roman villa of the 1st century, as well as a Roman milestone dated 53 CE. In the 5th century, the building was transformed into a Christian mausoleum which was entirely re-built after the tidal wave that caused Mount Tauredunum to collapse in 563: around 590, Bishop of Lausanne Marius of Avenches establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reformed Church Of Saint-Symphorien
The Reformed Church of Saint-Symphorien (french: église réformée Saint-Symphorien) is a Protestant church in Saint-Saphorin, canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is listed as a heritage site of national significance. History The first Catholic church in the region of Lavaux was established by Marius of Avenches around 590 and was dedicated to Symphorian of Autun, as was the church of Avenches. Later, the church gave its name to the village which was previously called Glérolles ( in Latin). Between the 12th century and the 1536 conquest by the canton of Bern, the village and the church belonged to the Bishops of Lausanne whose last titular, Sebastian of Montfalcon, is shown kneeling in front of the Virgin Mary on the main stained glass of the church. After 1536 and the introduction of the Reformation, the church was used by the Protestants. At this time, Saint-Saphorin was the seat of a parish that included the villages of Rivaz, Chexbres and Puidoux Puidoux () is a municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chexbres
Chexbres ( ) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Chexbres is a wine-growing village and enjoys a good selection of local vintages. It also enjoys notable views of Lake Geneva, and therefore is nicknamed "Balcon du Léman" in French. History The municipality of Chexbres was already inhabited in Roman times, and a single wall remains and coins have been found. The first written mention of the place appeared in 1139 under the name ''Chexbres''. In the ensuing period many other names: Chibriacum (1100), Chabris (1134), Chabre (1142), Cabarissa (1145), Cerbre (1147), Chebra (1165), Chabrii (1179), Chabre (1221), Chaibri (1248), Chaibry (1368), Chebry (1453), Cheibri (1454) and even to 1562, both Chaybres and Cheybres appeared. The origin of the name is not clearly understood. It could be derived from the Roman personal names Cabrius, from the Gallic words Caebre (meaning city on a hill) or from Cabus (hemp). The area around Chexb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavaux District
Lavaux District was a district located on the north-eastern shore of Lake Geneva (''Lac Léman'') in the Swiss-romand canton of Vaud between Lausanne and Vevey. The capital of the district was Cully, but used to be Lutry. The district is part of the World Heritage Site listed region of Lavaux. It consisted of the following municipalities: *Chexbres * Cully * Epesses * Forel *Grandvaux *Lutry * Puidoux **includes the village of Treytorrens * Riex *Rivaz *Saint-Saphorin * Savigny * Villette Mergers and name changes On 1 September 2006 the municipalities of Chexbres, Cully, Epesses, Forel (Lavaux), Grandvaux, Lutry, Puidoux, Riex, Rivaz, Saint-Saphorin (Lavaux), Savigny and Villette (Lavaux) came from the District de Lavaux to join the Lavaux-Oron District Lavaux-Oron District is a district in the canton of Vaud. Geography Lavaux-Oron has an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.3% i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavaux-Oron District
Lavaux-Oron District is a district in the canton of Vaud. Geography Lavaux-Oron has an area, , of . Of this area, or 59.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.9% is unproductive land. 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Demographics Lavaux-Oron has a population () of . In there were 419 live births to Swiss citizens and 127 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 463 deaths of Swiss citizens and 38 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 44 while the foreign population increased by 89. There were 16 Swiss men and 6 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 391 non- ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puidoux
Puidoux () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. History Puidoux is first mentioned in 1134 as ''Puidos''. It was part of Saint-Saphorin until 1810 when it became an independent municipality. Geography Puidoux has an area, , of . Of this area, or 62.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.3% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivaz
Rivaz (pro. ree-vah) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. History Rivaz is first mentioned in 1138 as ''Ripa''. Geography Rivaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 0.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 22.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 6.5% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops, while 67.7% is used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chardonne
Chardonne is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Chardonne is first mentioned in 1001 as ''Cardona''. Geography Chardonne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings make up 9.4% and transportation infrastructure makes up 5.1%. Out of the forested land, 33.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland (german: Kanton; french: canton ; it, cantone; Sursilvan and Surmiran: ; Vallader and Puter: ; Sutsilvan: ; Rumantsch Grischun: ) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the . Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms ('Eight Cantons'; from 1353–1481) and ('Thirteen Cantons', from 1513–1798).rendered "the 'confederacy of eight'" and "the 'Thirteen-Canton Confederation'", respectively, in: Each canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, formerly also ('lieu/locality', from before 1450), or ('estate', from ), was a fully sovereign state with its own border controls, army, and currency from at least the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848, with a brief period of centralised government during the Helvetic Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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