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Landmark Attractions In Canton of Valais

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The canton of Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, situated in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is simultaneously one of the driest regions of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley and among the wettest, having large amounts of snow and rain up on the highest peaks found in Switzerland. The canton of Valais is widely known for the Matterhorn and resort towns such as Crans-Montana, Saas Fee, Verbier and Zermatt. It is composed of 13 districts and its capital is Sion.
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  • 3. Notre-Dame du Glarier Cathedral Sion
    The Valère basilica , also called Valère castle , is a fortified church situated in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated on a hill and faces the Château de Tourbillon, located on the opposite hill. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
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  • 4. Simplon Pass Brig
    The Simplon Pass is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of Valais with Domodossola in Piedmont . The pass itself and the villages on each side of it, such as Gondo, are in Switzerland. The Simplon Tunnel was built beneath the vicinity of the pass in the early 20th century to carry rail traffic between the two countries. The lowest point of the col, and the lowest point on the watershed between the basins of the Rhone and the Po in Switzerland lies in marshland about 500 m west of the Simplon Pass settlement at an altitude of 1,994 m or 6,542 ft.Rotelsee is a lake located near the pass at an elevation of 2,028 m . There are several great peaks around that can be climbed directly from the pass. These include Wase...
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  • 5. Riffelsee Zermatt
    Riffelsee is an alpine lake above the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies below the Riffelhorn at an elevation of 2757 m, and has a surface area of 0.45 ha. The lake can be reached from Rotenboden railway station on the Gornergratbahn mountain railway.
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  • 9. Top of Europe Jungfraujoch
    The Top of Europe is a high-altitude building located in the Swiss canton of Valais. It overlooks the eternal snows of the Aletsch Glacier from the south side of the Jungfraujoch, at a height of 3,454 metres above sea level. It is connected to the underground Jungfraujoch railway station by a tunnel and to the Sphinx Observatory by an elevator. It has five levels.The Top of Europe includes several restaurants and a permanent exhibition about the Jungfrau Railway and the Alps. It also includes Europe’s highest-altitude post office. An older building includes a research station.
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  • 11. Ice Palace of Jungfraujoch Jungfraujoch
    An ice palace is a castle-like structure made of ice. The earliest known may be Anna Ivanovna's palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ice Palace may also refer to: In Russia: Ice Palace , an arena in St. Petersburg Ice Palace , an arena in Cherepovets Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev, an arena in Ufa Neftekhimik Ice Palace, in Nizhnekamsk Romazan Ice Sports Palace, in Magnitogorsk Vityaz Ice Palace, in PodolskIn other countries: Eispalast, a facility in the Jungfraujoch station of the Jungfraubahn in Switzerland Ice Palace , a structure in Tampa, Florida, now named Amalie Arena The Ice Palace at the Quebec Winter Carnival in Quebec City, Canada. Stonewall Arena, formerly called Ice Palace, in Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada in Belarus: Minsk Ice Palace and Brest Ice Palace.In other uses: The Ice Palace ,...
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  • 14. Rhone Glacier Gletsch
    The Rhône is one of the major rivers of Europe and has twice the average discharge of the Loire , rising in the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps at the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais, passing through Lake Geneva and running through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhône and the Little Rhône . The resulting delta constitutes the Camargue region.
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