Switzerland ; and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol ; handbook for travellers . ch of St. Nicholas (PL N), which was begunin 1283, the Gothic nave being completed in the early 15th cent.,the choir in 1640. The handsome tower (250 high) dates fromca. 1500. The portal has curious reliefs of the Last Judgment. Interior (fee to the sacristan). The late-Gothic carved Stalls (1462-64)deserve notice. The choir has stained-glass windows from the abbey ofHauterive (p. 269; 14th cent.), the nave modern stained glass by J. Me-hoffer. A tablet on the S. pillar at the entrance to the choir co
Switzerland ; and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol ; handbook for travellers . ch of St. Nicholas (PL N), which was begunin 1283, the Gothic nave being completed in the early 15th cent.,the choir in 1640. The handsome tower (250 high) dates fromca. 1500. The portal has curious reliefs of the Last Judgment. Interior (fee to the sacristan). The late-Gothic carved Stalls (1462-64)deserve notice. The choir has stained-glass windows from the abbey ofHauterive (p. 269; 14th cent.), the nave modern stained glass by J. Me-hoffer. A tablet on the S. pillar at the entrance to the choir commemo-rates Father danisms {Peter de Hondt, d. 1597), the celebrated Jesuit.—The Organ, with 74 stops and 7800 pipes, some of them 32 in length,was built in 1824-34 by Al. Mooser (d. 1839), whose bust has been placedto the left of the entrance. Performances in summer at and 8 (adm. 1 fr.). The tramway proceeds from St. Nicholas to the great *SuspensionBridge, or Gvand Pont Suspendu (1916), 270 yds. long and 168above the Sarine, constructed by Chaley in 1832-35. It is sup-. SeogxAnstrv^Vagner t to Lausanne. FRIBOURG. IV- Route 60. 269 ported by six wire-cables, 410 yds. long, the ends of which aresecured to blocks of stone about 45 below the surface of the earth. Ascending the right bank for 8 rain., we reach the *Pont duGotteron (2008; 165 yds. long, 245 high), a similar bridge, con-structed in 1840 over the Vallee du Gotteron, a deep ravine de-scending to the Sarine. We cross this bridge and follow the roadon the other side (short-cut to the right) to the village of Bour-guillon (2160). We then descend to the right, through the old Portedu Bisemberg, to the (12 min. from the Pont du Gotteron) pic-turesquely situated Loretto Ciiapel (1648). Pine view of the townto the right, and to the left of the valley of the Sarine, which is herebridled with a weir (barrage). A path with steps descends 5 the chapel to the lower town {La Blanche, 1785)
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