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BASEL to PAYERNE
Way of the three lakes

Murten to
Avenches

22nd July 2021

From the lake
past a 12th century church
to a roman town.

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Roman amphitheatre in Avenches


We set off from Murten along the lakeside and then cross country to the 12th century romanesque church in Donatyre, a small village near Avenches. This is decorated with copies of frescoes of the church Montcherand, one of Switzerland’s well-hidden Romanesque treasures.

The roots of Avenches go back to the Celts, when a tribe of Helvetians built a settlement on the hills. The Roman settlement of Aventicum was founded around 15-13 B.C., and grew to over 20,000 inhabitants. The canal-La Broye-which joins Lac Morat to Lac Neuchâtel is thought to be Roman in origin.

In 1074, the Bishop of Lausanne, Burkhard von Oltigen founded a new city on the site and named it Adventica, which became Avenche in 1518.

Pilgrim stamps


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  Location of photos - for detailed map see links above

Our route



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