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St. Ursus Cathedral, Solothurn

St. Ursus Cathedral, Solothurn

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St. Ursus Cathedral, Solothurn

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Location: Solothurn, Espace Mittelland, Switzerland

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1. Aareweg Footbridge – Solothurn City Walls loop from Solothurn Baseltor

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2. Verenaschlucht and Hermitage – Balmfluechöpfli Summit loop from Solothurn

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3. Hermitage of Verena Gorge – Verenaschlucht and Hermitage loop from Solothurn

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Paul

September 10, 2022

St. Ursus Cathedral, Solothurn (also Cathedral of St. Ursus and Victor)
St. Ursus Cathedral (also Cathedral of St. Ursus and Victor) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel in the city of Solothurn, Switzerland.
The early neoclassical church building, dedicated to the martyrs Ursus and Victor, was begun in 1762 by Gaetano Matteo Pisoni of Ascona on a site where two previous buildings had probably stood since the early Middle Ages. It was completed in 1773 by his nephew Paolo Antonio Pisoni. The interior is decorated with stucco by Francesco Pozzi.
The extensive cathedral treasury includes, among other things, the Hornbach Sacramentary, a statue of the Virgin Mary, and a manuscript created around 983 in the Reichenau Monastery.
The 66-meter-high onion dome was occupied for a long time by a tower guard. A drawing by Peter Thumb from 1708 indicates that a second, also unrealized, tower was already under discussion for the previous collegiate church.
The Church of St. Urs and Victor served as the minster of the St. Ursenstift since the Middle Ages and, in its current form, became the episcopal church of the Diocese of Basel, which had relocated to Solothurn, in 1828.
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Matto

June 1, 2025

Stylistically inspired by Italian Baroque architecture with elements reminiscent of French classicism, it took more than four decades to complete this impressive building due to financial constraints during construction.

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Paul

September 10, 2022

St. Ursen Cathedral, Solothurn (also Cathedral of St. Urs and Victor)
St. Ursen Cathedral is considered the most important Swiss building of early classicism and was built from light "Solothurn marble." The cathedral is also considered a masterpiece of the "Magic Eleven." The imposing staircase leads up to the cathedral in three sets of eleven steps. Inside, there are eleven altars, and the tower is six by eleven meters high and has eleven bells. The third complete reconstruction on this site took place from 1762 to 1773 according to plans by Gaetano Matteo Pisoni of Ascona and took exactly 11 years. His nephew, Paolo Antonio...
Text / Source: Solothurn Tourism, Hauptgasse 69, 4500 Solothurn
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St. Ursus Cathedral, Solothurn

1. Aareweg Footbridge – Solothurn City Walls loop from Solothurn Baseltor

2. Verenaschlucht and Hermitage – Balmfluechöpfli Summit loop from Solothurn

3. Hermitage of Verena Gorge – Verenaschlucht and Hermitage loop from Solothurn

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