St Benedict’s Chapel, Sumvitg
The Chapel of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic church located in Sumvitg, Surselva Region, canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. After a 1984 avalanche destroyed a Baroque chapel on the same site, the Disentis Abbey decided to build a new chapel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church
- Also known as: “St. Benedict’s Chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruin of St. Benedict’s Chapel and Baselgia catolic S. Gion Battesta.
Ruin of St. Benedict’s Chapel
Ruins
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Ruin of St. Benedict’s Chapel is a ruins, which is situated 160 metres southwest of St Benedict’s Chapel, Sumvitg.
Baselgia catolic S. Gion Battesta
Church
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Baselgia catolic S. Gion Battesta is a church, which is situated 740 metres south of St Benedict’s Chapel, Sumvitg.
Sumvitg-Cumpadials railway station
Railway station
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Sumvitg-Cumpadials railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Sumvitg, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér line of the Rhaetian Railway. Sumvitg-Cumpadials railway station is situated 1¼ km southwest of St Benedict’s Chapel, Sumvitg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rabius and Cumpadials.
Rabius
Village
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Rabius is the largest village in the municipality of Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a station on the Disentis - Reichenau line of the Rhaetian Railway.
Cumpadials
Village
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Cumpadials is the smallest of the four villages in the municipality of Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a station on the Disentis - Reichenau line of the Rhätische Bahn railway.
Trun
Village
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Trun is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. The municipality of Schlans merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Trun. Trun is situated 4 km east of St Benedict’s Chapel, Sumvitg.
St Benedict’s Chapel, Sumvitg
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sumvitg, Surselva Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.73484° or 46° 44′ 5″ northLongitude
8.93903° or 8° 56′ 21″ eastInception
1988Open location code
8FRCPWMQ+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 286879880OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q1034723
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“St Benedict’s Chapel, Sumvitg” goes by many names.
- German: “Caplutta Sogn Benedetg”
- German: “Kapelle des St. Benedikt”
- Romansh: “Caplutta Sogn Benedetg”
- Spanish: “Capilla de San Benito (Sumvitg)”
- Spanish: “Capilla de San Benito”
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