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Visp

Visp is a German-speaking town in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is located in the Rhone valley and is a major industrial centre in the region. Its location at the intersection of three train lines and a big bus interchange make it a gateway to many of the towns and resorts in the upper part of the Valais.

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    Burgerkirche Heilige Drei Könige

    The tower of this Catholic church is from the 14th century, whereas the church was built from 1710-1730.

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    Burgkirche St. Romanus

    This church is located on a hill overlooking the town. It was built in the 16th century on top of the ruins of a castle, hence the name of castle church. The church is known for the ceiling fresco depicting the Last Judgement. On the southern side of the church lies the tomb of the writer Rainer Maria Rilke

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    Felsenkirche

    Built in 1974 this church is much newer but nevertheless not any less interesting than the Burgkirche. This church is built in an artificial cave under the hill, almost directly under the Burgkirche. Inside the church, the cave walls have been left as they were, giving the church a very unique feel.

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    Schulhaus Sepp Blatter

    This school building named after the former FIFA president is nothing special. If you are a football fan, though, you might be interested to stop by and take a picture of the building with the name written on its facade.

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    St. Martinskirche

    This is the more modern of the two churches. It was built in the 17th century, but then modified in 1953, giving it a rather modern look.

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    Altes Spittel

    The three-floor "old almshouse" was built as a residential building in the 16th century, but from 1751 to 1965 it served as a guesthouse for poor travelers and pilgrims. As such, if the Internet and Wikivoyage would've been around in the 1960s, we might have listed it in Sleep#Budget. Today it hosts a youth cultural center, a club for the local handball team and the office for the refugee organization Forum Migration Wallis.

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    Haus In-Albon

    An impressive Gothic castle complex, that the local governor Simon In-Albon had built in the 16th century. The In-Albon family owned it until 1855, and it remains a private residence but it can be admired from the outside.

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    Pflanzetta

    Visp was a crossroads long before the railway, and a trade route passed through town in the Middle Ages. The Pflanzetta building complex, named either after a family name or an old word for "field", was built as entrepôt and guesthouse in 1351. Over the centuries the route through slowly declined in importance as other routes were built across the Alps. After a thorough renovation in the 1980s, the rooms have been turned into apartments.

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    Schützenlaube

    The building was established as part of a shooting range for the local militia in 1664, serving that purpose for about 200 years. The militiamen stood in the building and shot through openings at its western side at targets on a nearby slope. Today the Schützenlaube houses an art gallery.