. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . JC^V i « fir**5* 4t*tst-A f. ■V iesc nciv --^-5 Fi^A. Oberland. THUN. 177. Route 43. 177 English Chapel in the grounds of the Bellevue. — Roman CatholicSebvice in the church near the Thunerhof. Thun (1844; pop. 6030), a quaint old town, charmingly situatedon the rapid green Aare, 3/4 M. below its efflux from the lake, is afitting portal to the beautiful Oberland. All the open spaces in thetown command splendid views to the of the snowy peaks of theBlumlisalp and the Doldenhorn (see the opposite
. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . JC^V i « fir**5* 4t*tst-A f. ■V iesc nciv --^-5 Fi^A. Oberland. THUN. 177. Route 43. 177 English Chapel in the grounds of the Bellevue. — Roman CatholicSebvice in the church near the Thunerhof. Thun (1844; pop. 6030), a quaint old town, charmingly situatedon the rapid green Aare, 3/4 M. below its efflux from the lake, is afitting portal to the beautiful Oberland. All the open spaces in thetown command splendid views to the of the snowy peaks of theBlumlisalp and the Doldenhorn (see the opposite Niesen Panorama,lower range, to the left), with the Niesen in the foreground and theStockhorn chain to the left of it. Thun is the headquarters of theSwiss artillery, with barracks and training grounds. On the otherside of the Aare, near the barracks, is the Federal station forcavalry Temounts (ca. 600 horses). Above the town rises the bold square tower of the old Castle ofZdhringen-Kiburg (1935; PI. S), with its corner-turrets, erectedin 1182. Within the castle is the Amts-Schloss, or residence of theBernese bailiffs, erected in 1429. It m
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