St.Gallen Cathedral Switzerland Drone Footage

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Top AirVuz contributor 70daysaroundtheworld brings us this fantastic drone video of a well-known church in Switzerland. It's the St. Gallen Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church in its namesake town, which is the capital of the Canton of St. Gallen in the northeastern part of the country. Dating to the mid-18th century, the church is home to the largest collection of church bells in Switzerland. The video features footage of the church as well as the city, one of the most important in eastern Switzerland.

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St. Gallen or traditionally St Gall, in German sometimes Sankt Gallen (About this soundSankt Gallen (help·info); English: St Gall is a Swiss town and the capital of the canton of St. Gallen. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century.[3] Today, it is a large urban agglomeration (with around 167,000 inhabitants in 2019)[4] and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. Its economy consists mainly of the service sector. The town is home of the University of St. Gallen, one of the best business schools in Europe.[5] The main tourist attraction is the Abbey of Saint Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Abbey's renowned library contains books from the 9th century. The official language of St. Gallen is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The town has good transport links to the rest of the country and to neighbouring Germany and Austria. It also functions as the gate to the Appenzellerland.