Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland

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Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland is a historic town in the Rhône Valley known for its ancient Abbey of Saint-Maurice, a major Christian pilgrimage site and one of the oldest continuously inhabited monastic communities in the Western world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
canton Valais ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
district Saint-Maurice District ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains early Christian church remains ⓘ
late Roman structures ⓘ
hasClimate temperate climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus site of national significance in Switzerland ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity education ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Collège de Saint-Maurice ⓘ
hasFortification Fort de Cindey ⓘ
Fort du Scex ⓘ
hasFunction regional transport hub in the lower Valais ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Abbey of Saint-Maurice ⓘ
Fortress of Saint-Maurice ⓘ
Saint-Maurice Castle ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole religious center in Western Christianity ⓘ
strategic passage through the Alps ⓘ
hasMonasticCommunity Canons Regular of Saint-Maurice ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Saint-Maurice railway station ⓘ
hasRelic relics of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of Saint-Maurice ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Abbey treasury museum ⓘ
military fortifications open to visitors ⓘ
heritageDesignation Swiss heritage site of national significance ⓘ
isPilgrimageDestinationFor Christians ⓘ
linked to: Christian Church
locatedIn Rhône Valley ⓘ
linked to: Rhône valley
locatedInRegion French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
Lower Valais ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Chablais Alps ⓘ
Lake Geneva region ⓘ
locatedOnRailwayLine Simplon line ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Rhône ⓘ
linked to: Rhône River
locatedOnTransportCorridor Rhône Valley transit route ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Maurice ⓘ
nearBorderWith Canton of Vaud ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion ⓘ
postalCode 1890 ⓘ
religiousSignificance major Christian pilgrimage site ⓘ
one of the oldest continuously inhabited monastic sites in the Western world ⓘ
roadAccessVia A9 motorway ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abbot of St. Maurice → locatedIn → Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland ⓘ
Saint Maurice → deathPlace → Saint-Maurice, Valais ⓘ
linked to: Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland
Sigismund of Burgundy → deathPlace → Saint-Maurice, Valais ⓘ
linked to: Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland
Theban Legion tradition → locationOfMartyrdom → Saint-Maurice, Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland
Agaunum → currentMunicipality → Saint-Maurice, Valais ⓘ
linked to: Saint-Maurice, Valais, Switzerland