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The Lavaux is a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The Lavaux consist of 830 hectares of terraced wineyards that stretch for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva.Although there is some evidence that vines were grown in the area in Roman times the actual vine terraces can be traced back to the 11th century when Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries controlled the area.
