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Historical Archive: Notre-Dame de Valère, fortified basilica, exterior
Sion (Sitten), canton of Valais, Switzerland
This work also has its own interior page.

crypt, exterior north and south walls, and lower choir walls c.1100-30
upper levels and vault of chevet, and choir vault, early thirteenth century
nave and aisle vaults c.1225-30
restored 1896-1903
Additional structures in the complex were built for the canons of the chapter.


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from west/southwest with hill 		Click to enlarge.
from west/southwest with apartment house for scale 		Click to enlarge.
from west/southwest 		Click to enlarge.
from west/southwest with more rock 		Click to enlarge.
from west/southwest with modern building below
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from west 		Click to enlarge.
from west with rock outcropping 		Click to enlarge.
distant view from south/southwest 		Click to enlarge.
from southwest, morning, with scaffolding in July 2014 		Click to enlarge.
from southwest, evening, with scaffolding in July 2014
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east building from southwest 		Click to enlarge.
west annex of nave from west/southwest 		Click to enlarge.
west annex of nave from west/southwest with west buildings 		Click to enlarge.
close view from west/southwest with outer wall and living rock 		Click to enlarge.
southwest tower from west/southwest
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west outer wall 		Click to enlarge.
west outer wall and living rock 		Click to enlarge.
south outer wall 		Click to enlarge.
north transept tower (bell tower, c.1140-60) and north wall from west terrace 		Click to enlarge.
north wall with north transept tower (bell tower)
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north (only) portal, first third of 12th c. 		Click to enlarge.
north portal jambs, steps, and living rock 		Click to enlarge.
north wall with arch leading to west terrace 		Click to enlarge.
west building with living rock from west 		Click to enlarge.
mountains to north: Haut de Cry center left, Mont Gond right; and Valais Historical Museum, from basilica
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Chapelle de Tous-les-Saints, 1323-25, restored 1964, from basilica 		Click to enlarge.
Tous-les-Saints and Tourbillon seen from Valère 		Click to enlarge.
Tourbillon seen from Valère 		Click to enlarge.
west tower, outer wall, and town from west terrace 		Click to enlarge.
town and valley from west terrace
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town and valley from west terrace