Tour de l'Horloge et Prison - Cudrefin, VD, Switzerland
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N 46° 57.309 E 007° 01.172
32T E 349309 N 5202083
The tower of Cudrefin is the landmark of the village and the last remain of the town fortification. It once served as a prison.
Waymark Code: WMZEXG
Location: Vaud, Switzerland
Date Posted: 10/31/2018
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EN: The tower of Cudrefin is the last remain of the medieval town fortification. Today the tower has a hipped roof with two metal ornaments on the top and a clock at the top floor. The other floors have embrasures and the ground floor is a gate only wide enough for pedestrians.
We do not have a lot of documentation about its history, but there are some hints that the town fortification was erected in the second half of the 13th century, the tower was probably added around 1553. In the 1640s, it was completely rebuilt. Old documents call it the tower of the clock and prison. When the rest of the town fortification was torn down in the 1830s, the tower was made the church tower of the adjacent chapel. In 1987 it was renovated.
Like many other towers and gates of fortified towns, this one also served as a prison for some time. But more than the pure fact cannot be found.
FR: La tour de Cudrefin est le dernier vestige de la fortification de la ville médiévale. Aujourd'hui, la tour a un toit avec deux ornements en métal au sommet et une montre au dernier étage. Les autres étages ont des embrasures et le rez-de-chaussée est un portail assez large pour les piétons.
Nous n'avons pas beaucoup de documentation sur son histoire, mais il y a des allusions que la fortification de la ville a été érigée dans la seconde moitié du 13ème siècle, la tour a probablement été ajoutée vers 1553. Dans les années 1640, elle fut complètement reconstruite. D'anciens documents l'appellent "la tour de l'horloge et prison". Lorsque le reste de la fortification fut démoli dans les années 1830, la tour devint le clocher de la chapelle adjacente. En 1987 elle a été rénové.
Comme beaucoup d'autres tours et portes de villes fortifiées, celle-ci a également servi de prison pendant un certain temps. Mais plus que le fait pur ne peut être trouvé.
Address:
Grand Rue 58b
Cudrefin, VD Switzerland
1588
Open to the public: No
Hours:
24/7
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0
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