to the detriment of Savoy. The Lower Valais remained subject to the Upper Valais, which saw the bishop's power diminish in favor of the Patriotes, who...
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Valais (UK: /ˈvæleɪ/ VAL-ay, US: /væˈleɪ/ val-AY; French: [valɛ] ), more formally, the Canton of Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation...
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The Valais witch trials consisted of a witch-hunt and a series of witch trials which took place in the Valais (the House of Savoy and the prince-bishopric...
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The Valais Republic (French: République du Valais; German: Republik Wallis) or Vallais was a sister republic of France that existed between 1802 and 1810...
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The Valais Blacknose, German: Walliser Schwarznasenschaf, is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Valais region of Switzerland. It is a dual-purpose...
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Great St Bernard Hospice (redirect from Hospice of the Great St. Bernard)
from the border with Italy. It is part of the municipality of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. The first hospice or monastery was built...
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Simplon Hospice (category History of Valais)
the harsh climate. In a decree of 21 February 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned the building of a hospice on top of the Simplon Pass. The hospice has...
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du Valais, which was in turn incorporated as the canton of Valais of the Helvetic Republic, but in 1802 again seceded as the French client state of the...
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Sion, Switzerland (redirect from Sion (Valais))
municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. As of December 2020[update] it had a population of 34,978 (known as Sédunois(es))...
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Saint-Maurice, Switzerland (redirect from Saint Maurice-en-Valais)
canton of Valais and the capital of the district of Saint-Maurice. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Mex merged into the municipality of Saint-Maurice...
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