Place Sion

City of castles and wine

Pedro Gula
Wrote 46 articles and follows him / her 5 travelers
Inserted: 26.10.2017
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The French-speaking town, surrounded on all sides by hills with terraced vineyards, rising from the Rhone Valley is simply enchanting. From the two rocky peaks, the town is guarded by a pair of 13th-century castles, the Château de Tourbillon and the Château de Valére, with a fortified basilica inside which are the oldest functioning church organs in the world.

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