St Gallen
old town
St. Gallen (Sankt Gallen); French Saint-Gall; Italian San Gallo) is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration (with around 160,000 inhabitants) and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on services for its economic base.
St. Gallen is situated in the north-eastern part of Switzerland in a valley around 700 meters above sea level. It is one of the highest cities in Switzerland and can receive quite a lot of snow in winter. The town is nicely situated between the Lake of Constance and the mountains of the Alpstein (with the Säntis as the highest peak at 2505 meters) and therefore offers excellent recreation areas nearby.
As the city center actually rises on an unstable turf ground (thanks to its
founder Gallus who was looking for a hermitage and not founding a city), all
buildings on the valley floor have to be built on pales - as e.g. the whole
train station and its plaza that are based on hundreds of pales.
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parked there too long?
pastry shop
St Lawrence church
organ
pulpit
St Gallen horse project
winged horse
