Saint Martin’s Church

St. Martin is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Olten. It is a three-nave columned basilica without transept with three chorapsideas. The church is considered as the "most significant Neoromanesque Greater Church of Switzerland from the late period of historicism".

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church building in Olten in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
Also known as: “catholic church of St. Martin (1908, Hardegger)”, “Martinskirche”, and “St. Martin parish church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olten Hammer railway station and Olten railway station.

Olten Hammer railway station

Railway station

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Olten Hammer railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Olten, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways. Olten Hammer railway station is situated 270 metres south of Saint Martin’s Church.

Olten railway station

Railway station

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Olten railway station is a major hub railway station in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, at the junction of lines to Zürich, Bern, Basel, Lucerne and Biel. Olten railway station is situated 700 metres east of Saint Martin’s Church.

Municipal library Olten

Library

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Municipal library Olten is situated 450 metres east of Saint Martin’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Olten and Trimbach.

Olten

Town

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Olten is a municipality, a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and the capital of the district of the same name. Olten grew into a town during the Middle Ages at the location of a bridge over the Aare.