Zugora

Church and monastery

Kapuzinerkloster Zug

Zug · 437 m above sea level

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Capuchin monastery Zug
Photo: Schulerst, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

The monastery in the outer old town was home to Capuchin friars from 1595 to 1997. Since 2000 the Catholic Community of the Beatitudes has lived here; the building is owned by the Bürgergemeinde Zug.

Facts

  • Capuchins 1595–1997
  • Community of the Beatitudes since 2000
  • Monastery church of St. Anna

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,793 / 1,224,519

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  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
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  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.