La Fourchette, Steel sculpture in Vevey, Switzerland
The stainless steel fork reaches 8 meters high and 1.3 meters wide, standing firmly in Lake Geneva near the Alimentarium museum.
Created by Jean-Pierre Zaugg in 1995 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Alimentarium, the fork left Vevey in 1996 and returned permanently in 2007.
The fork represents the strong connection between Vevey and food heritage, standing as a testament to Swiss precision and artistic innovation.
Visitors can photograph the fork from the Quai Perdonnet promenade, with the Alps and Lake Geneva creating a natural frame for the sculpture.
The Guinness World Records certified this metallic creation as the largest fork globally in 2014, weighing 450 kilograms of stainless steel.
Location: Vevey
Inception: 1995
Creator: Jean-Pierre Zaugg
Height: 8 m
Width: 1.3 m
Part of: Public art in Vevey
GPS coordinates: 46.45776,6.84626
Latest update: May 13, 2025 23:17
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