Great St Bernard Hospice
The Great St Bernard Hospice, named after its founder Bernard of Menthon, is a hospice and hostel for travelers at the Great St Bernard Pass in Switzerland.Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain hut
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: mountain hut
- Address: 2, Col du Gd-St-Bernard, Bourg-Saint-Pierre, 1946
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great St Bernard Pass and Museum of the Great Saint Bernard Hospice with treasure.
Great St Bernard Pass
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Great St Bernard Pass is the third highest road pass in Switzerland, at an elevation of 2,469 m. It connects Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland with Aosta in the region Aosta Valley in Italy.
Mont Mort
Peak
Mont Mort is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is located on the main chain of the Alps, just south-east of the Great St Bernard Pass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses and Castello di Bosses.
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
Village
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses is a comune in the Aosta Valley region of Italy. Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses is situated 5 km south of Great St Bernard Hospice.
Castello di Bosses
Locality
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castello di Bosses is a locality, which is situated 5 km south of Great St Bernard Hospice.
La Fouly
Village
Photo: Aaquilino, Public domain.
La Fouly is a village in Val Ferret in the Swiss canton of Valais. At an altitude of 1,600 metres, it is part of the municipality of Orsières. It sits at the foot of Mont Dolent and the Tour Noir in the Mont Blanc massif. La Fouly is situated 9 km northwest of Great St Bernard Hospice.
Great St Bernard Hospice
- Categories: religious community, building, tourism, place of worship, and accommodation
- Location: Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Entremont District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.86883° or 45° 52′ 8″ northLongitude
7.17067° or 7° 10′ 14″ eastElevation
2,470 metres (8,104 feet)Open location code
8FQ9V59C+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 87386060OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=alpine_hutOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q462320
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Great St Bernard Hospice” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Сан Бернар”
- Chinese: “大圣伯纳德旅舍”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Mont-jou”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Mont-joux”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Montjou”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Montjoux”
- French: “Hospice du Grand Saint-Bernard”
- French: “hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
- French: “Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
- German: “Canonici Regulares Congregationis Sancti Bernardi”
- German: “Hospiz auf dem Grossen Sankt Bernhard”
- German: “Hospiz auf dem Großen Sankt Bernhard”
- German: “Hospiz auf dem Grossen St. Bernhard”
- Italian: “Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard”
- Italian: “Hospice Gran San Bernard”
- Italian: “Ospizio del Gran San Bernardo”
- Korean: “그랑 생베르나르 호스피스”
- Portuguese: “Hospício do Grande São Bernardo”
- Slovenian: “hospic na Velikem Sv. Bernardu”
- Ukrainian: “Притулок Великого Святого Бернарда”
- Ukrainian: “Притулок Великого Сен-Бернара”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Library of the hospice of the Great St. Bernard and Petit Mont Mort.
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