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SION [Ger. Sitten]

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 150 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SION [Ger. Sitten] , the See also:capital of the Swiss See also:canton of the See also:Valais. It is on the railway between St See also:Maurice ( 251 M. distant) and See also:Brieg (33 M. distant). Sion is one of the most picturesque little cities in See also:Switzerland, being built around two prominent hillocks that rise from the level valley of the See also:Rhone. The See also:north hillock is crowned by the See also:castle of Tourbillon (built 1294, burnt 1788), which was See also:long the See also:residence of the bishops. The See also:south hillock bears the castle of See also:Valeria, long the residence of the canons (it now contains an See also:historical museum) with the interesting 13th See also:century See also:church of St See also:Catherine. In the See also:town below is the 15th century See also:cathedral, and the Majoria castle (burnt in 1788) the former residence of the " See also:major " (or See also:mayor of the See also:city). There are various other curious See also:objects in the city, which is built on the See also:banks of the Sionne torrent, and is at a height of 168o ft. above the See also:sea-level. In 1900 Sion contained 6048 inhabitants (mainly Romanists), of whom 1481 were See also:German-speaking and 4446 See also:French-speaking. Sion [Sedunum] See also:dates from See also:Roman times, and the See also:bishop's see was removed thither from Martigny [Octodurum] about 580. In 999 the bishop received from See also:Rudolf III., See also:king of See also:Burgundy, the dignity of See also:count of the Valais, and henceforward was the temporal as well as the spiritual See also:lord of the Valais, retaining this position, at least in See also:part, till 1798. See also J.

Gremaud, Introduction to vol. v. (See also:

Lausanne, 1884) of his Documents relatifs d l'histoire du Vallais; R. R. Hoppeler, Beitrage zur Geschichte See also:des See also:Wallis See also:im Mittelalter (See also:Zurich, 1897) ; B. See also:Rameau, Le Vallais historigue (Sion, 1886). (W. A. B.

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