Considered the most beautiful Gothic church in Switzerland, Lausanne Cathedral, originally Cathédrale Notre-Dame, was built starting in 1175. It was was consecrated in 1275 by Pope Gregory X. - - In 1536 the until then Catholic cathedral was stripped of virtually all its decoration: altars, statues, paintings becoming an evangelical church. The golden Virgin Mary statue was melted and the gold was made into coins. - - Che church has never ...
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