Zugora

Church and monastery

Liebfrauenkapelle

Zug · 421 m above sea level

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Liebfrauenkapelle chapel
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

The chapel was built in the 13th century together with the first town wall and is first mentioned in 1266. Inside are late Gothic wall paintings and a Baroque cycle on the life of the Virgin Mary by the Zug painter Johannes Brandenberg.

Facts

  • First mentioned in 1266
  • Cycle on the life of Mary 1725–1727 by Johannes Brandenberg
  • Swiss heritage site of regional importance (KGS B)

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,547 / 1,224,334

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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.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • 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.