In Naters, as well as in most localities in the Catholic Valais, it was a religious custom, to lay out the dead at home for 2-3 days, so that relatives could say goodbye. The day before the funeral, the dead were laid out in the coffin on the dead plates in the village, to allow other people to say goodbye. Today the dead are laid out in the funeral chapel dead.
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Ossuary in Naters
The ossuary in Naters goes back to the year 1514 and was built by the renowned Master of sacred building Ulrich Ruffiner. Ossuaries are u
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Picture Shrine Eisten
The picture shrine in the hamlet Eisten near Blatten is one of numerous religious buildings (shrines, crosses, chapels and churches) alon
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Pilgrimage Path Kühmad - Blatten
Guided tour through the cultural landscape Kühmad - Blatten. You will learn interesting facts about the pilgrimage church and the &l
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The Poor Souls Chapel in Trämel
A narrative by Kaplan Benjamin Bammatter tells about the construction of the chapel in Trämel in 1902. He vowed after his fall into
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Museum of the Swiss Guard
The Museum of the Swiss Guard is located in the former artillery fortress in Naters. The military fortress was built in 1939/1940 and sin
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Chapel St. Antonius
The chapel at the very back of Klosi at the northern edge of the village of Naters was built in 1750. To raise money for the first restor
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Ex-voto images in the Chapel Kühmad
Believers deposited ex-voto images in the pilgrimage church in Kühmad as a request in an emergency situation or as gratitude after a
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Theresia Chapel
TIP: You can pause for a moment in the pretty, recently renovated chapel, enjoy the peace and light a candle for your desires.
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