Hans Beumer Wandelgids Swiss Camino Volume III Southwest

SWISS CAMINO – Volume III: South-West Switzerland

The ViaJacobi Pilgrimage Routes from Fribourg to Geneva/French Border in 9 possible stages in French-speaking South-West Switzerland: 
– Detailed descriptions of 214 km signposted route nr. 4
– Geographical route maps of each stage
– Profiles and charts of 214 km hiking distances and 6’744 altitude-meters

1’000 years History and contemporary information on:
– Cantons Fribourg, Vaud, and Geneva, their main cities, and role during the Reformation
– 73 churches and chapels, their medieval religious artefacts and special features, including cathedrals in Lausanne and Geneva
– Bishopric-Kingdoms of Lausanne and Geneva
– 14 monasteries, of Cistercians, Knights of St. John, Great St. Bernard, Cluniac
– Biographies of 40 saints, skeleton relics of a lusciously decorated catacomb saint
– 44 points of interest, including 11 castles and 10 chateaus, medieval city-fortifications, Roman archaeological sites, and a unique stained-glass museum

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