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Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland: [1] Cathedral of Sts. Ursus and Victor in Solothurn; Basilica of Mary of the Assumption in Chur; Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Fribourg; Cathedral of St. Lawrence in Lugano; Benedictine Abbey Cathedral of St. Maurice in Einsiedeln; Abbey of St. Maurice in Saint-Maurice-d'Agaune; Cathedral ...
Fribourg cathedral strikes 9 o'clock Full ringing of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Freiburg. The main body of the church was started in 1283 and completed by 1430. The tower was completed in 1490. It is 76 metres (250ft) tall and houses 11 bells. It also features a rose window above the main portal with stained glass by Harrison Weltlich (1988).
The great pipe organ of the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Lausanne was inaugurated in December 2003. It is a unique instrument in the world. [3] It took ten years to design it and it is composed of 7000 pipes, two consoles, five manuals, and one pedalboard.
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Lausanne Cathedral; List of cathedrals in Switzerland This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 22:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic cathedrals in Switzerland" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Completed in 1767, the cathedral was designed by Peter Thumb, [7] who also designed the Abbey's famous library. Among its rich decorations are frescoes painted mostly by Josef Wannenmacher, and the most complete set of historic church bells in Switzerland.
The church was built according to the design of Alexandre Grigny of Arras between 1852 and 1857 [3] on the site of a former stronghold fortifications. This neo-Gothic building, whose appearance is partly inspired by Notre-Dame de Bonsecours and Saint-Nicolas of Nantes, [4] broke ground thanks to the city of Geneva, which had ceded land to religious communities to build places of worship, and ...