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Kathedrale St Maria Himmelfahrt

Chur's 12th-century cathedral, which took over a century to build, conceals a late-1400s Jakob Russ high altar containing a splendid triptych. First signs of settlement on this site date from the Bronze Age (1300 to 800 BC).

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