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Touring Sion in Valais

Part of Switzerland since the fifteenth century, the Valais was long divided in the 16th century between the Francophile party of Georg Supersaxo and the supporters of Milan, Since the 1550s, the Valais’ bishopric and central town has been Sion (or Sitten). Historically, Sion was relatively hospitable to Protestantism.
These days Sion, the capital of [...]