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Historical Archive: Sion Cathedral Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Sion, Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Glarier Sion (Sitten), canton of Valais, Switzerland crypt 11th century tower up to top of fifth level (with 3 openings) 12th century (mid to second half?), upper parts 15th century fabric mostly 15th century; sanctuary roofed by 1468, nave and aisles 1469-99 apse lengthened by one and 1/2 bays 1947 west front with center bell tower west end of south flank with former main portal south flank and transept arm south transept arm with chapel of St. Barbara, and chevet north flank, and north transept arm with chapel of St. Anthony (formerly Andrew) west front from northwest west portal west portal tympanum: Virgin and child with donors and saintly bishops, 14th-15th c., much retouched tunnel from west portal, under bell tower, 12th c. Christ in Majesty with evangelists, Peter, and Paul, 12th c. (badly restored), west entry tunnel nave to east north aisle to east, with chapel of the ossuary chapel of the ossuary, c.1500-25; baptismal font with 1621 wood cover south aisle to east nave, north elevation from beneath organ nave, north elevation from southwest nave and north aisle crossing from southwest, with person in pew for scale pulpit, Hans Georg Miller and Balthasar Megelin, 1622-26, at northeast crossing pier pulpit: stair on north side pulpit from southeast pulpit from south: lamb, lion, eagle pulpit stair: wrought iron 1663 pulpit stair: ironwork with basilisk pulpit: ironwork and marble pedestal by Hans Studer apse and choir to southeast apse and choir to northeast Chapel of St. Anthony the Great (formerly Andrew) at end of north transept, with 1683 altar; on wall paintings from other altars, 17th-19th c. crypt under choir, 11th c. crypt under choir, 11th c. transept and nave from northeast nave to west, with 1780 organ loft nave and south aisle to west funerary monument of Bishop André dei Benzi of Gualdo, d.1437, west end of south aisle Crucifixion with SS. Andrew and Jerome: monument of Bishop André of Gualdo, d.1437 effigy, monument of Bishop André of Gualdo, d.1437 effigy from bottom, monument of Bishop André of Gualdo, d.1437