Gibloux Radio Tower

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Gibloux Radio Tower is built on the 1204 metre Gibloux mountain above Sorens, west of Fribourg, Switzerland. The concrete tower has a height of 118.7 m. The observation deck is at 37 m. ()

Local name: Sendeturm Mont-Gibloux Coordinates: 46°41'3"N, 7°2'25"E

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FribourgSwitzerland

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Gibloux Radio Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu, Baillival Castle, Musée Gruérien, Hauterive Abbey.

5.5 miW
Architecture, Monuments and statues, Historical place
Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu, Romont
140 min walk • The Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu is a Cistercian monastery located near the town of Romont in the Swiss Canton of Fribourg. Founded as a Benedictine priory in 1268, and continuously occupied by a community of nuns since its establishment, the alpine abbey is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
4.7 miS
Forts and castles
Baillival Castle, Bulle
120 min walk • Baillival Castle is a bailiff's castle in the municipality of Bulle of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
4.7 miS
History museum, Museum
Musée Gruérien, Bulle
121 min walk • The Musée gruérien is a museum dedicated to the ethnography and history of the Gruyère District of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It is located in Bulle. Its collection of over 25,000 objects includes prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, textiles, tools, woodwork, ceramics, furniture, photographs, and so on.
6.6 miNE
Monastery
Hauterive Abbey
170 min walk • Hauterive Abbey is a Cistercian abbey in the Swiss municipality of Hauterive in the canton of Fribourg. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire Hauterive area is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
6.9 miSE
Scenic reservoir with a hiking trail
Lac de Montsalvens
176 min walk • Lac de Montsalvens is a reservoir in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The reservoir has a capacity of 12.6 million m³ and a surface area of 0.74 km². It is located on the road to Jaun Pass, between the villages of Broc and Charmey. The Grand Council of the canton of Fribourg decided construction of the dam on 17/18 May 1918.
4.8 miS
46°36'54"N • 7°2'56"E
Espace Gruyère, Bulle
123 min walk • Ice skating, Ice rink
5 miNE
Forts and castles
Illens Castle
128 min walk • Illens Castle is a castle in the municipality of Rossens of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Vanil des Cours
143 min walk • The Vanil des Cours is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the Lake of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg. It lies in the group culminating at La Berra.
~10 ftW
Mountain with an observation deck
Le Gibloux
1 min walk • Le Gibloux is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the Lake of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg. The Gibloux Radio Tower, operated by Swisscom, is located on the mountain's southern summit, with an accessible public viewing platform, and views stretching in every direction.
3.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Baillival Castle
83 min walk • Baillival Castle is a bailiff's castle in the municipality of Corbières of the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake of Gruyère
94 min walk • Lake of Gruyère is an artificial lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The reservoir was formed between the cities of Bulle and Fribourg, by building the Rossens Dam on the Sarine river in 1948. The arch dam has a height of 83 m and a crest length of 320 m.