Croix Saint-Jacques
Croix Saint-Jacques is a wayside cross in Villars-sur-Glâne, Sarine District, Canton of Fribourg. Croix Saint-Jacques is situated nearby to the church Notre-Dame de la Route, as well as near the shopping center Centre Commercial Fribourg Sud.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fribourg Hospital and Fribourg/Freiburg railway station.
Fribourg/Freiburg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Lloyd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fribourg/Freiburg railway station serves the municipality of Fribourg, capital of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Opened in 1862, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. Fribourg/Freiburg railway station is situated 2 km east of Croix Saint-Jacques.
Ste-Apolline Bridge and Chapel
Church
Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ste-Apolline Bridge and Chapel is a church, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Croix Saint-Jacques.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corminboeuf and Fribourg.
Corminboeuf
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corminboeuf is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipality of Chésopelloz merged into the municipality of Corminboeuf.
Fribourg
Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fribourg is a city in Switzerland that is also the canton's capital and economic centre. The city was founded in 1157 by Herzog Berthold IV of Zaehringen.
Matran
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Matran is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Matran is situated 2½ km southwest of Croix Saint-Jacques.
Croix Saint-Jacques
- Type: Wayside cross
- Category: historic site
- Location: Villars-sur-Glâne, Sarine District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.79731° or 46° 47′ 50″ northLongitude
7.12851° or 7° 7′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8FR9Q4WH+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 942825170OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_cross
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In Other Languages
“Croix Saint-Jacques” goes by many names.
- German: “St-Jakobskreuz”
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Highlights include Notre-Dame de la Route and Nuithonie.
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