Chapel Our Lady of the Snows
Chapel Our Lady of the Snows is a church in Bettmeralp, Raron District, Valais which is located on Kapellenweg. Chapel Our Lady of the Snows is situated nearby to the post office Infocenter Bettmeralp, as well as near the tourism office Aletsch Arena, Infocenter.Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Paradise Chronicle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: chapel building in Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Kapelle Maria zum Schnee” and “Maria zum Schnee”
- Address: Kapellenweg 13, Bettmeralp, 3992
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bettmersee and Bettmerhorn.
Bettmersee
Lake
Bettmersee is a lake above Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area of 5.5 hectares is located at an elevation of 2,006 metres.
Bettmerhorn
Peak
Photo: Caumasee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bettmerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Bettmeralp in the Swiss canton of Valais. The summit can be reached with a 30-minute vertical hike after ascending most of the mountain by cable car from the car free village of Bettmeralp. Bettmerhorn is situated 3½ km northeast of Chapel Our Lady of the Snows.
St. Bernhard chapel
Church
Photo: Minderbinder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Bernhard chapel is a church, which is situated 2 km southwest of Chapel Our Lady of the Snows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riederalp-Bettmeralp and Betten.
Riederalp-Bettmeralp
Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp and Bettmeralp are two car-free villages in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. They are a few kilometres from each other at 1,900 metres.
Betten
Village
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Betten is a former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Betten and Martisberg merged into the new municipality of Bettmeralp.
Riederalp
Village
Photo: Realulim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created in 2003 through the merger of Goppisberg, Greich and Ried-Mörel.
Chapel Our Lady of the Snows
- Categories: architectural structure, chapel, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bettmeralp, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.38841° or 46° 23′ 18″ northLongitude
8.06023° or 8° 3′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8FRC93Q6+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 271200202OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q29891927
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Chapel Our Lady of the Snows” goes by many names.
- French: “chapelle Maria zum Schnee”
- French: “Chapelle Maria zum Schnee”
- French: “Kapelle Maria zum Schnee”
- German: “Bettmeralp, Kapelle Maria zum Schnee”
- German: “Kapelle Maria zum Schnee”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Infocenter Bettmeralp and Aletsch Arena, Infocenter.
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