Switzerland · Still standing
Valère Castle
Valère (Basilique de Valère) is a fortified church complex and former castle on Valère hill above Sion in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The site combines a Romanesque-Gothic basilica with surrounding curtain walls, towers and a fortified village and contains one of the world's oldest functioning pipe organs.
First raised
1000
Its prime
1435
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1435
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a rocky hilltop, the complex is a compact cluster of grey stone buildings: a tall square central tower with a hipped/slate roof rises above a long nave with buttressed side aisles and a semi-circular apse. Thick curtain walls and round and rectangular towers enclose terraces and a small fortified village; several roofs are slate and one white-painted residence sits against the inner wall. The hill drops steeply on all sides and the castle overlooks the town below.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1435.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Valère Castle — including 5 interiors: nave and aisles, choir and high altar, west organ gallery and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Valère Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1435 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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