Heritage Sites of National Significance
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site. The De La Croix Blanche Inn, the buildings at Grand-Rue 54 and Grand-Rue 94, Morges Castle along with the Military Museum of Vaud, the City Hall, the Bronze Age shore front settlement Les Roseaux/La Grande Cité and the Temple are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire old city of Morges is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
The four prehistoric settlements of Vorder Au, Robenhausen, Enge Alpenquai and Grosse Stadt Kleiner Hafner are all part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site of Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps, which was added to the list in 2011.
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Morges Castle and Military Museum of Vaud
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Weapons and armor from the Military Museum
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A Mitrailleuse gatling gun from the Military Museum
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Temple
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