コロンジュのおすすめツーリングルート

Rare medieval monastery with Romanesque church, the oldest active monastery in the Western Christian world.

Beautiful pedestrian zone

Great view of the young Rhône

Evionnaz is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Valais, and is part of the Saint-Maurice district. Evionnaz has approximately 1,202 inhabitants and is French-speaking. The town is located on the Rhône between the Valais Alps and the Chablais.

Clinging to the mountain above the Rhône, the Château de Saint-Maurice (15th-17th century) has been a venue since 2005 for major temporary exhibitions for all audiences around the theme of drawing, press cartoons and comic. It also presents a permanent exhibition on its history, access to which is commonly available through the temporary exhibition. It is one of the highlights of the exhibition of drawn narration in French-speaking Switzerland. https://www.viefrancigene.org/fr/resource/poi/castello-di-saint-maurice/

The Abbey of Saint-Maurice, in Valais, was built 1500 years ago as a sanctuary raised on the tomb of the martyr Saint-Maurice. This place of pilgrimage was once the spiritual center of the Kingdom of Burgundy and today houses one of the greatest religious treasures in Europe. https://www.viefrancigene.org/fr/resource/poi/abbaye/

Due to its strategic location, St-Maurice was of great military importance for many centuries. The Forteresse consists of three military fortresses: Cindey, Scex and Dailly, the largest fortress in Switzerland (more than 10 km). They were built between 1892 and the Second World War and illustrate the history of fortresses in Switzerland. The complex, converted into a museum in 1995, includes kilometers of underground corridors, weapons (including two gun towers), observation posts and garrison areas.

The town of Saint-Maurice, located on the Rhône at the end of Lake Geneva, is tucked away at the foot of a looming rock face and is known for its rich past. The place, inhabited since classical antiquity, grew into a stronghold of Christianity at the end of the 3rd century AD. The abbey, the oldest monastery in the Avondland, which has been inhabited since the beginning of its existence, is now home to about forty Augustinians and a renowned school, with about a thousand students from all over French Switzerland.