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Castle of the Porte du Scex
🇨🇭 Switzerland
The Château de la Porte du Scex is a castle located at the Porte-du-Scex, a passage between a rock face and the Rhône to the north of Vouvry, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, on main road 21 St-Maurice - St-Gingolph. It is a narrow passage squeezed between the foot of a ridge of the Prealps and the Rhône.
Established at the crossroads of the routes leading from Vouvry to Le Bouveret and to Chessel, and close to the Tonkin line, the castle houses a museum and exhibitions.
Machine-translated from “Château de la Porte du Scex” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of the Porte du Scex ranks #6,964 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #186 of the 200 mapped in Switzerland. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Lausanne, 28 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Castle of the Porte du Scex?
Castle of the Porte du Scex stands in Switzerland, at 46.34888°, 6.88692°.
How famous is Castle of the Porte du Scex?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,964 of 7,738 worldwide, and #186 in Switzerland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Castle of the Porte du Scex?
Aigle Castle, about 8 km away.
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