Tour de Sauvabelin

[1] [2] It offers a panoramic view of the city of Lausanne, Lake Léman, and the surrounding countryside and mountains.

IIn 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 forests.

[3][4] The majority of the approximately 1.19 million Swiss francs in construction costs were financed by sponsors.

Access is automatically controlled by a revolving gate, which closes during bad weather or after opening hours.