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Chapelle du Vorbourg
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About Chapelle du Vorbourg
The Chapelle du Vorbourg is under the antique citadel ruins Vorbourg in Delemont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. As the crow flies from Delemont on a high cliff above the Birs, which forms a narrow cliff there. Castle ruins and chapel are well visible from the road from Basel to Delemont. The origins of Vorbourg are unclear. The fort of Vorbourg changed into first documented in the 10th century. Over time, it had distinctive owners, together with from the French facet. It is said that in 1049 Pope Leo IX. The chapel consecrated.
He himself got here from the family of Egisheim, which changed into also one of the owners of the fortress. The lower citadel and chapel changed into built between 1150 and 1350. Damaged by means of the Basel earthquake, it was reconstructed in 1365. In the Swabian War it become destroyed again in 1499 and was subsequently deserted for the duration of the 16th century. Since the 17th century, the Chapelle Notre-Dame du Vorbourg enjoys awesome reputation as a place of pilgrimage in the Jura.
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