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Fondue, or fondue not. There is no try.
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My route through the Alps
This is a map included with all the tourist info in Martigny. I’ve circled my current location, as well as where I hope to stay for the next three nights. Following the Rhône down towards the bottom of the page, you’ll see the town […]
Altar of the Chapel of the Martyrs of Vérolliez
The front of the altar displays part of the last words attributed to St Maurice. “O Emperor, we are your soldiers, but we are before all else servants of God. We owe you military obedience, we owe Him innocence.” http://flic.kr/p/pAJbHN
La chapelle des Martres a Vérolliez
The Theban Legion under the command of Saint Maurice was martyred here at the order of the emperor Maximian in the year 287. The stories vary as to why: one says that as a Christian legion, they refused to offer sacrifices to the Roman […]
Evionnaz
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Town hall, Saint-Maurice
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