2024

FORMER COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST. LÉGER

Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels

This basilica was founded in the th century by Queen Berthe de Bourgogne. Through its plan on the ground, this sanctuary would be the most important specimen of the Lombard Romanesque style in Switzerland. In baroque times, the original façade, with two towers, was transformed and a single central steeple was erected in the nave axis. 1571 stained glass windows preserved at Bally-Prior Museum.

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