Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in St. Gallen, Switzerland

The Catholic Church of St. Martin Bruggen is located in the St. Gallen district of Bruggen, in the area of the former independent municipality of Straubenzell. As the third church in Bruggen, it was built between 1935 and 1936 next to its predecessor church. The first chapel was consecrated in 1600 and converted into a real church in 1639. The second church was built on the site of the first between 1783 and 1785 and received a new tower in 1808. After the new building and the consecration of today's church, the old church, located southwest, was broken off.

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The Reformed Church of Bruggen in today's city of St. Gallen was built between 1903 and 1906 in the then still independent parish of Straubenzell. It was also the first Reformed church of the Evangelical Reformed parish of Straubenzell, founded in 1902. The church consists of a cross-shaped central building, to which a tower with a pointed roof was added.

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The Maria Einsiedeln Chapel is a chapel in the Schönenwegen district of the city of St. Gallen. It dates back to 1770.

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The Protestant St. Leonhard's Church in St. Gallen was designed by the Berlin architect Johannes Vollmer in neo-Gothic style; the construction was supervised by the St. Gallen architect Ferdinand Wachter. After two years of construction, the church was consecrated on May 1, 1887. The parish of St. Gallen sold the church to a private owner in 2004; since then, the building has been used for cultural events.

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The open art museum in St. Gallen in Switzerland is a museum of Swiss naïve art and art brut. The sponsor is the Foundation for Swiss Naïve Art and Art Brut, which was founded on 1 February 1988 by the collector couples Erna (1907–1995) and Curt Burgauer (1908–2002), Wilhelmina (Mina) and Josef John, and Simone and Peter Schaufelberger-Breguet. Originally founded as a museum in the warehouse, the museum changed its name to open art museum on January 16, 2023.

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The Lokremise is a former locomotive depot in the city of St. Gallen. The building, which is now used as a cultural centre, is a cultural monument of national importance, together with the adjacent water tower for the water tanks of the steam locomotives. It is the largest surviving locomotive ring depot in Switzerland.

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The Broderbunnen is a fountain on Lindenplatz in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is part of the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Importance.

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The abbey library of Saint Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St. Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe". It is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world.

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The Stiftskirche St. Gallus und Otmar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Once part of the Abbey of St. Gall, it has been the cathedral of the Diocese of St. Gallen since 1847. It is considered one of the last great sacred structures of the Baroque era, and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. It became an independent principality between 9th and 13th centuries, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The library of the Abbey is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world.

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The Karlstor is the only remaining city gate from the medieval city wall of the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was built in 1569 and 1570.

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The Church of St. Laurenzen is the Protestant-reformed parish church of the city of St. Gallen. The construction of the first church is estimated in the middle of the 12th century. The church has been the political, religious and social center of the city republic of St. Gallen for centuries and has shaped the history of the city. It is still the city's assembly area today. The church has its name from the martyr Laurentius of Rome, to which it was consecrated. It is classified as a nationally worthy building and is therefore of national importance as a monument under federal monument protection.

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The Theater St. Gallen is a performing arts center for opera, musical, ballet, and theatre in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and considered to be the oldest professional theatre in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, is a Swiss art museum founded in 1877 and located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is an important museum within Eastern Switzerland because of their expansive European art collection.

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The Kulturmuseum St. Gallen, known as the Historical and Ethnographic Museum of St. Gallen until the end of 2022, is a museum located in the city park of the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was opened in 1921 and today owns the most important cultural-historical collection in northeastern Switzerland; one focus is on the history of the city of St. Gallen.

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Tonhalle St. Gallen is a concert hall in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is a cultural centre, a venue for concerts, banquets and meetings. It is the home of the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra.

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The St. Wiborada Chapel is a chapel attached to the St. Mangenkirche in St. Gallen.

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The Church of St. Mangen is an Evangelical Reformed church in the city of St. Gallen.

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The Church of St. Gallen is the church of the Church of St. Gallen. It was built in 1889 by South Tyrolean architect Pietro Delugan as the “Concerthaus auf dem Rosenberg”, and is a brick building in Florentine villa style. In 1895, she entered the possession of the Christian Catholic church community, which she has since served as a divine service, a community center and a parish house. Until 1895, the church of Gastrecht had enjoyed in the Protestant-Reformed Church of St. Mangen.

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The St. Gallen Children's Festival is a festive event in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It has been held every three years since 1824. At the children's festival, the schoolchildren of the municipal schoolhouses parade in festive robes through the city to the children's fairground to perform various performances. More than 30,000 people gather on the large meadow above the city. The festival has been included in the list of living traditions in Switzerland.

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