Valeria Sitten - s.n. (Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte, 1969)
The Valère Basilica, also called Valère castle, is a fortified Roman Catholic church situated in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located on a hill and faces the Château de Tourbillon, situated on the opposite hill. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.The Pipe organ on the west side of the Valère Basilica, believed to have been built in 1435, is one of the oldest functioning in the world. It was probably brought to the church by Guillaume de Rarogne, who eventually ended up as the bishop of Sion. Its pipes are arranged to form a rough outline of a church; the larger pipes form two towers, and the smaller ones create a triangular church roof. The organ was modified in the 1700s to play Baroque music, but otherwise remains essentially unchanged. It was renovated in 1954.[wikipedia]
Keywords: Notre-Dame de Valère (Sion, Switzerland); Church; Interior design; Applied arts; Organ; Architecture; Catholicism; Fine art; Sion (Switzerland)