Pilgrimage Sites in Switzerland
Discover 10 sacred destinations in Switzerland
Disentis
One of Switzerland's oldest monasteries, founded c. 700 on the Lukmanier Pass, where Saints Placidus and Sigisbert established Benedictine life.
Einsiedeln
Einsiedeln Abbey is Switzerland's largest pilgrimage site, home to the miraculous Black Madonna and continuous pilgrimage since St. Meinrad's hermitage in the 9th century.
Engelberg
Alpine Benedictine abbey founded in 1120 beneath Mount Titlis, housing Switzerland's largest church organ and welcoming pilgrims for nine centuries.
Flüeli-Ranft
Flüeli-Ranft is the sacred homeland of Switzerland's national saint Nicholas of Flüe (Brother Klaus), where pilgrims seek spiritual guidance at his birthplace and hermitage.
Mariastein, Solothurn
Switzerland's second-largest pilgrimage center, where pilgrims descend into a cave shrine to venerate the miraculous Madonna.
Muri
Habsburg foundation where the hearts of Blessed Karl of Austria and Empress Zita rest, a pilgrimage site for devotees of the last emperor.
Müstair
UNESCO World Heritage convent attributed to Charlemagne, preserving the world's largest cycle of early medieval frescoes.
Orselina
Orselina houses the famous Madonna del Sasso sanctuary, founded after a 1480 Marian apparition and one of Switzerland's most important Catholic pilgrimage sites.
Saint-Maurice
Oldest continuously existing Christian monastery in the Western world, founded in 515 to honor the Theban Legion martyrs.
St. Gallen
Historic Camino waypoint built on St. Gallus's 7th-century hermitage, famed for the Abbey Library, the Seelenapotheke or pharmacy of the soul.