SWISS CAMINO - Volume II: Central Switzerland

By Hans Beumer

SWISS CAMINO - Volume II: Central Switzerland

The Routes from Einsiedeln to Fribourg in 14 possible stages in German-speaking Central Switzerland:
- Detailed descriptions of 356 km signposted route nr. 4 (ViaJacobi)
- Geographical route maps of each stage
- Profiles and charts of 356 km hiking distances and 21’243 altitude-meters

1’000 years History and contemporary information on:
- Cantons Schwyz, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Luzern, Bern, and Fribourg, and their main cities
- 155 churches and chapels, their medieval religious artefacts and special features, including cathedrals in Bern and Fribourg, and 1’000-year-old churches
- 25 monasteries, of Jesuits, Franciscans, Capuchins, Augustinians, Dominicans
- Biographies of 75 saints, skeleton relics of 7 lusciously decorated saints
- Location of Saint Nicholas of Flüe in Flüeli/Sachseln, Saint Beatus in a cave high above Lake Thun, and Saint Peter Canisius in Fribourg
- 50 points of interest, including 21 castles

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hans Beumer
• Release date: Sep 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9783906861371