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betlis+chapel Latitude and Longitude:

47°08′09″N 9°09′38″E / 47.135700743°N 9.160650487°E / 47.135700743; 9.160650487
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Betlis Chapel
Kapelle Betlis
The chapel in 2020, looking south to the peaks of Mürtschenstock and Gufelstock, across the Walensee
47°08′09″N 9°09′38″E / 47.135700743°N 9.160650487°E / 47.135700743; 9.160650487
Location Amden
CountrySwitzerland
History
Dedication Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Architecture
Architect(s) August Hardegger
Years built1889 (135 years ago) (1889)

Betlis Chapel (or Kapelle Betlis) is a chapel in the village of Amden, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

The original chapel stood on the site, below Strahlegg Castle and between Seerenbach Falls and the Walensee, in the 14th century. Damaged by water, that chapel was demolished in 1773. Today's chapel was erected in 1889, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. [1] It was built by Giovanni Vittori, to a design by August Hardegger. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Kapelle Betlis". www.amden-weesen.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  2. ^ Die Kunstdenkmaler des Kantons St. Gallen, Volume 59 (1970), p. 31



betlis+chapel Latitude and Longitude:

47°08′09″N 9°09′38″E / 47.135700743°N 9.160650487°E / 47.135700743; 9.160650487
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betlis Chapel
Kapelle Betlis
The chapel in 2020, looking south to the peaks of Mürtschenstock and Gufelstock, across the Walensee
47°08′09″N 9°09′38″E / 47.135700743°N 9.160650487°E / 47.135700743; 9.160650487
Location Amden
CountrySwitzerland
History
Dedication Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Architecture
Architect(s) August Hardegger
Years built1889 (135 years ago) (1889)

Betlis Chapel (or Kapelle Betlis) is a chapel in the village of Amden, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

The original chapel stood on the site, below Strahlegg Castle and between Seerenbach Falls and the Walensee, in the 14th century. Damaged by water, that chapel was demolished in 1773. Today's chapel was erected in 1889, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. [1] It was built by Giovanni Vittori, to a design by August Hardegger. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Kapelle Betlis". www.amden-weesen.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  2. ^ Die Kunstdenkmaler des Kantons St. Gallen, Volume 59 (1970), p. 31



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