ENGELBERG MONASTERY

Founded in 1120, and rebuilt in 1730 after a fire, it still houses a religious college with 200 boarding students. It is one of the largest of its kind in Switzerland and its influence on the valley was essential until the French revolutionaries, as good anti-clerics, came to put it in order in 1798. Today, the monastery still houses a community of Benedictine monks. Public guided tours of the abbey are organised every week and can be booked online.