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Fribourg Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas de Fribourg) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland, built in the Gothic style, on a rocky outcrop 50 metres above the river Sarine (Saane), dominating the medieval town below. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg.
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 ...
In 1924, stating that Fribourg was the capital of a Swiss Canton as well as of a district, and that the bishops of Lausanne and Geneva had lived in Fribourg for nearly three centuries, Pope Pius XI ordered that the diocese of Lausanne, in addition to having also the title of Geneva, should also add the title of Fribourg; that the collegiate ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic cathedrals in Switzerland" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Fribourg Cathedral; L. Lugano Cathedral; S.
Fribourg [a] or Freiburg [b] is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and district of La Sarine.Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, administrative and educational centre on the cultural border between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland.
University of Fribourg (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in the canton of Fribourg" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Catholic Church in Switzerland (German: Römisch-katholische Landeskirche, French: Église catholique en Suisse, Italian: Chiesa cattolica in Svizzera, Romansh: Baselgia catolica da la Svizra) is organised into six dioceses and two territorial abbeys, comprising approximately 2.7 million Catholics, about 30.7% [1] of the Swiss population in ...
This list contains all cultural property of national significance (class A) in the canton of Fribourg from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. It is sorted by municipality and contains 205 individual buildings, 14 collections, 18 archaeological finds and 1 other special site or object.